Iowa man dead, another injured after fall from scaffold
(ABC 6 News) – One man is dead and another is seriously injured after a fall from a scaffold in Dyersville, Iowa.
According to the Dyersville Police Department, police, fire and EMS crews responded to FarmTek just after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday for a report of a fall.
When first responders arrived, they found two men had fallen approximately 20 feet from a portable scaffold. Police say a man later identified as 50-year-old Bruce Bockenstedt was not breathing, and crews started CPR immediately.
EMS took Bockenstedt to MercyOne Dyersville where he died.
The other man was taken to MercyOne Dubuque, and then later transferred to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. No information was provided on his condition.
The accident remains under investigation.