Six Injured in NY Tractor Crash

Crews labored to free people from the wreckage that was stuck under a tractor.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

BENTON, N.Y. (AP) — The crash that killed five people in a van carrying Amish farmers in upstate New York took hours to untangle, as rescue crews labored to free people from the wreckage that was stuck under a tractor.

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NY Tractor Crash

Officials work the scene of a crash where police say a car passing a slow-moving farm tractor on a curve sideswiped an oncoming van carrying 13 Amish farmers, sending the van under the tractor, killing five passengers and injuring eight others plus the driver of the tractor, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in Benton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Jamie Germano)

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Six Injured, Five Killed in New York Tractor Crash

NY Tractor Crash

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of an accident where police say a van full of farmers collided with another vehicle and a tractor this afternoon, killing five and injuring eight more, in the Yates County town of Benton, N.Y., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Jamie Germano)

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Six Injured, Five Killed in New York Tractor Crash

NY Tractor Crash

Multiple casualties have a occurred in a van/farm equipment accident in the town of Benton, N.Y., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Yates County Sheriff Ronald Spike says about 15 people were involved in the crash 43 miles southeast of Rochester. He says five people were pronounced dead at the scene and nine more were taken to hospitals. (AP Photo/Finger Lakes Times, Spencer Tulis)

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