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Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Pennsylvania Farm Accident Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Pennsylvania Farm Accident
Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Pennsylvania Farm Accident A 3-year-old Amish boy has died following an incident on his family's farm on Tuesday night, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber announced on June 5. Benjamin S. Blank “had been in a farming-related accident involving a piece of ventilation machinery for [a] barn," Chief Deputy Coroner Bieber stated in the release and according to his obituary.  The incident happened at his home on the 280 block of Bell Road in Christiana, Colerain Township around 8 p.m. on June 4, as detailed in the release. Benjamin was pronounced dead in the front yard at 9:18 p.m. by the coroner. His…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities
Child MedEvaced From Silo In South Central Pennsylvania: Authorities A child was rescued from a grain silo in South Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening, authorities announced.  Crews with the New Franklin Volunteer Fire Company arrived at a reported farming accident on Newcomer Road at 5:51 p.m. on Oct. 24.  They found that child was actually lodged in the grain auger between the silo and a feed truck. "A grain auger is a long tube used to raise and transport grain from the ground to the top of grain bins, load trucks from the grain bin or carry feed from a wagon to cattle feeders on a farm," according to the Farm Injury Resource Center. …

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Obituaries
Team Of Horses Tramples Amish Teen To Death In Central PA: Authorities Team Of Horses Tramples Amish Teen To Death In Central PA: Authorities
Team Of Horses Tramples Amish Teen To Death In Central PA: Authorities An 18-year-old Amish man has died after a serious farming accident in Lancaster County, authorities told Daily Voice on Monday, July 31, 2023.  Aaron Stolzfus had been doing farm work involving horse-drawn equipment at his home when the team of horses trampled him on Saturday afternoon.  Pennsylvania State Police were called to the incident at a farm on Picadilly Hill Road near Stony Hill Road in Eden Township. The coroner was called to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital to certify a death in the emergency department at 3:58 p.m. Aaron had been declared deceased by th…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Amish Baby Killed In Farming Accident ID'd In Central PA Amish Baby Killed In Farming Accident ID'd In Central PA
Amish Baby Killed In Farming Accident ID'd In Central PA The 18-month-old girl killed by a family member in a farming accident in Central Pennsylvania has been identified. Kristiana Joy King was run over by a skid loader on the 700 block of East End Mountain Road in Lamar Township at 4:33 p.m., on Wednesday, April 5, according to a release by Mill Hall police late on Friday. Witnesses told police that a family member was using the loader to push a feed wagon full grain, and didn't realized the infant was "behind the rear wheel of the wagon resulting in the child being struck," the police said.  Despite life-saving efforts, Kristiana succumb…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Amish Boy, 4, Dies Day After Brother's Funeral Following Central PA Farm Tractor Rollover Amish Boy, 4, Dies Day After Brother's Funeral Following Central PA Farm Tractor Rollover
Amish Boy, 4, Dies Day After Brother's Funeral Following Central PA Farm Tractor Rollover Another member of a local Amish family has died following an accidental farm tractor rollover, authorities say.  Jeffrey Ryan Fisher, 4, of Gordonville, died from multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday, August 2, according to Dauphin County spokesperson Brett Hambright and his obituary.  He had sustained serious injuries in the accidental farm tractor rollover crash in the 1100 block of Furnace Road near the intersection at Indian Steps Road in Lower Chanceford Township around 11:15 a.m., on Friday, July 29, according to Pennsylvania state police and the York County coroner's…

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by Jillian Pikora