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Farmworker killed when orchard tractor rolls in Franklin County

The body of a migrant farmworker who died in Franklin County on Friday is being sent home to his family in Mexico.

Jorda Jarquin-Hernandez, 28, was driving an orchard tractor in area between the Pasco-Kahlotus Highway and the Snake River near Ice Harbor Dam at the time of the accident.

The tractor rolled about 5:30 a.m. and Jarquin-Hernandez was thrown off, said Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary.

He died at the scene, he said.

No autopsy is planned.

This story was originally published July 29, 2019 at 5:42 PM.

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