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Putnam Co Sheriff's Office investigating deadly farming accident

A man is dead after a farming accident in Putnam County.

A man is dead after a farming accident in Putnam County.

Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene of a trapped person on Road I-14 Monday afternoon.

Emergency personnel found 69-year-old Gordon Verhoff trapped between the frame and dump bed of a GMC 3500 dump truck.

It appears Verhoff had emptied a load of stone and was inspecting the underside of the dump bed when it unexpectedly dropped, resulting in fatal injuries.

The accident remains under investigation.

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