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Western Iowa man killed in lawn mower accident

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

MOVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Police in western Iowa say a man has died from injuries he received earlier this week in a riding lawn mower accident. Moville police say 57-year-old Leiv Salte, of Moville, was riding a lawn mower around 6:30 p.m. Monday on a frontage road just off Highway 20. Investigators say it appeared he lost control of the mower and went over a retaining wall.

The Sioux City Journal reports that the mower landed on Salte.