1 killed in Racine Co. farm accident

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By Tiffany Yapp - email

TOWN OF BURLINGTON (WKOW) -- One man is dead and another injured after a farm accident in Racine County.

At about 2:30 p.m. Friday, the sheriff's office responded to a 911 call of people trapped under a piece of farm equipment. When deputies arrived on scene in the Town of Burlington, they found two men in their 60s trapped underneath a tractor-combine.

One man was dead at the scene. The other was flown to a hospital.

It appears to be an accident, but authorities continue to investigate.

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