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Detasseling accident near Tampico kills two teens

Hannah Kendall and Jade Garza 200     An electrocution accident has taken the lives of two teenage girls detasseling near Tampico.  The girls, Hannah Kendall and Jade Garza, both ages 14 and from Sterling, received an electrical shock when they came into contact with a farm irrigator yesterday.  Several other crewmembers also felt the shock, and 2 were seriously injured.  One was hospitalized in Sterling and the other was airlifted to St. Anthony’s in Rockford.  Six other workers were treated for non-life threatening injuries.