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CORONER IDENTIFIES MAN INVOLVED IN HEAVY MACHINERY ACCIDENT

For Immediate Release From Coroner Dotti Owens, MA, D-ABMDI
NAME: PATRICK LEE ANDERSON
DATE AND TIME OF PRONOUNCED DEATH: 10/05/2020 @ 1745 HOURS
AGE: 25 YEARS
BIOLOGICAL SEX: MALE
PLACE OF DEATH: SCENE/CONSTRUCTION SITE, GARDEN CITY, IDAHO
RESIDENCE: MERIDIAN, IDAHO
CAUSE OF DEATH: BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT ACCIDENT
MANNER OF DEATH: ACCIDENT
SUMMARY: THE ADA COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATED NEAR HIDDEN SPRINGS DRIVE IN UNINCORPORATED GARDEN CITY, IDAHO, AT 1700 HOURS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020.

25-YEAR-OLD PATRICK LEE ANDERSON, OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, MR. ANDERSON WAS THE OPERATOR OF HEAVY MACHINERY THAT ROLLED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

THIS CASE IS UNDER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION OF THE ADA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

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