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Amish 4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Farming Accident In Central PA Amish 4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Farming Accident In Central PA
Amish 4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Farming Accident In Central PA An Amish 4-year-old boy is dead following a farming accident, according to his obituary. Levi L. Stoltzfus, was the son of Samuel and Mary Stoltzfus of the 700 block of Kames Hill Road in Columbia, as detailed in his obituary.  He "was injured when a farm helper using a piece of unspecified equipment ran into him while moving hay bales on a property," as stated in a report by Lancaster Online.  The farm hand did not see the child while he was moving the hay bales, West Hempfield Township Police Captain Douglas Ober told abc27.  The type of farming equipment that struck Levi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report
Central PA Farmer Suffocates To Death In His Silo: Report A farmer in central Pennsylvania suffocated to death inside a silo on his property, PennLive reports. Daniel Burkholder, 68, went inside his personal silo to make a repair on the 1500 block of Rock Ledge Drive in South Middleton Township sometime around 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, the outlet says citing a Cumberland County coroner. He died of accidental asphyxia after inhaling the gases that weren't properly blown out of the silo, according to the outlet. Click here for more from PennLive.

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by Nicole Acosta