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June 16, 2022Hamburg, Iowa | By: AP
HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a Fremont County sheriff's deputy has died in a head-on crash in the southwestern corner of Iowa.
The sheriff's office says in a news release that the crash happened early Tuesday afternoon along Highway 275 north of Hamburg, killing 37-year-old Deputy Austin "Melvin" Richardson. Investigators say Richardson was in his patrol car traveling north when it collided with a southbound farm combine.
A report by the Iowa State Patrol says the combine was wider than the width of the southbound lane, with one of its front tires operating over the highway's center line. The patrol says Richardson's car collided with that front tire, then rolled several times.
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