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FREAK ACCIDENT: PA Mom Dies After Being Impaled At County Fair FREAK ACCIDENT: PA Mom Dies After Being Impaled At County Fair
Freak Accident: PA Mom Dies After Being Impaled At County Fair A 33-year-old Pennsylvania mom has died after part of a tractor broke off and hit her in the neck at a county fair, authorities said.  Brandy Horner was watching the tractor pull at the Union Couty West End Fair when "an exhaust wheel within a turbo housing became dislodged and ejected from its manifold," the wheel "then ejected from the metal covering of the tractor," and a piece of the wheel broke off and became lodged in her neck, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The deadly debris impaled Brandy around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, according to the county coroner's office.  …

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