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By Editor in General News on 4th Mar 2010 6:00

A woman has been killed while walking to work after she was struck in the head by a flying piece of steel in a freak mowing accident.

The 42-year-old woman was walking along the footpath on Eyre St, North Ward just after 8am this morning when she was hit by a piece of pipe. It's believed a slasher being towed by a small tractor ran over the pipe which had been hidden in long grass.

The tractor was mowing a vacant block next to a Liquor Land bottlestore and was believed to be operated by a private contractor.

An ambulance was called at 8.12am but the woman died instantly. It was initially thought a mower blade caused the fatal injuries. A distraught witness described the tragic event as a ‘freak accident’.

Investigations are continuing.

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