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No Report Of Injuries In Combine Rollover Accident On Collapsed Bridge Monday Night

The Iowa State Patrol responded to the report of a bridge collapse and a combine that had rolled into a waterway as a result east of Hamlin on Monday evening. They were called to the scene on 240th Street near Pheasant Avenue at approximately 8:36 p.m. Thirty-year-old Brent Chambers of Hamlin told authorities he was westbound on 240th in a 2019 John Deere S780 combine with the corn head attached to the front and he was pulling the corn head trailer behind. He came upon a one-lane bridge without railings or markers and was beginning to cross when Chambers says he felt the floor begin to give way. As he attempted to lower the corn head, the south side of the structure collapsed and the combine overturned into the creek bed below, coming to rest on the driver’s side. The combine was empty and there were no load limit signs posted for the bridge. There was no report of injuries or estimate of damages to the combine or bridge.