By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 3, 2019

WHEATLAND, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have identified an eastern Iowa man killed in a skid loader accident.

The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday said 75-year-old Owen H. Boedeker, of Wheatland, died in the accident Monday morning at a business in the small community.

Wheatland emergency responders were called to the business and found a boom attached to the skid loader had hit and killed Boedeker.



Wheatland is about 25 miles northwest of Davenport.

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