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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 10, 2011
CONTACT: Lt. Brett Schutt, SD Highway Patrol, 605-626-2286.
Deuel County Construction Site Fatal
What: Construction site fatality
When: Friday, June 10, 2011, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Deuel County Road 314, one-fourth mile west of Brandt, S.D.
When: Friday, June 10, 2011, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Deuel County Road 314, one-fourth mile west of Brandt, S.D.
Who: Dale Alvin Hoftiezer, 76, Clear Lake, fatal
BRANDT, S.D. – A Clear Lake man died in an accident at a construction site on Deuel County Road 314 just west of Brandt on Friday.
Dale Alvin Hoftiezer, 76, died when an asphalt roller he was loading onto a trailer slipped off, rolled and pinned him. Hoftiezer was dead at the scene.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. Deuel County Sheriff’s Office and Deuel County First Responders assisted.
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