Boy injured in northern Iowa farm accident

Published 10:31 am Friday, August 14, 2015

COLWELL, Iowa — Authorities say a 6-year-old boy has been flown to a Minnesota hospital after being injured in a farm accident in northern Iowa.

The accident occurred around 10:45 a.m. Thursday at a farm south of Colwell. Floyd County Sheriff Rick Lynch said in a news release that the boy was with his family when a load of hay shifted and knocked the boy off a wagon, which ran over the boy.

He was flown to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. His name hasn’t been released.

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