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Boy, operator from fatal skid-steer accident ID'd
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DARLINGTON - The name of an 8-year-old boy killed Friday, May 17, in a skid-steer loader accident has been identified by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department.

Melvin A. Jerrett, Jr., Blanchardville, was accidentally run over at about 4:40 p.m. in the 19000 block of Yellowstone Church Road in Blanchard Township, in an area where a small campground is being developed. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The skid-steer operator was Melvin Jerrett, Sr., 31, Mineral Point.