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Dutch man dead after farm accident

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 An international farmhand was found dead here on Thursday afternoon following what police are calling "a farm accident."

On July 26 at about 4pm emergency crews responded to a farm on Sideroad 15, near Conestogo Lake. 

OPP officers, Mapleton firefighters and Guelph Wellington paramedics found an unresponsive man in an underground holding tank.

The 24-year-old farmhand from Holland was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

The cause of the accident is under investigation and the Ministry of Labour has been notified.

The identity of the man was not immediately released, pending notification of his family.

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