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Farmworker crushed to death as he helped younger colleague

A farm worker was crushed to death as he tried to hitch a mini picker to a tractor while working in a cauliflower field

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Farmworker crushed to death as he helped younger colleague

An inquest heard Aleksej Kleinov had been helping a younger and less experienced female colleague to hitch up the mini picker in April 2024. The 34-year-old was fatally injured when he became trapped...

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