PELLA MAN DIES IN A FARM ACCIDENT

Pella man dies in a farm accident

A man from rural Pella died Wednesday afternoon (10/31) in a farm tractor fire.  The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office says it was called to a farm on Eaton Avenue around 3:15 pm.  When paramedics arrived, they found 33-year-old Joshua Kyle Wooldridge dead.  Preliminary signs show that Wooldridge died from a farming accident and foul play is not suspected.  Wooldridge’s body was taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office3 in Ankeny for an autopsy.  The investigation into this incident is continuing.

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