A child was killed in Decatur County in an accident involving a front-end loader. According to an Iowa State Patrol crash report, it happened around 6:52 p.m. Wednesday in the 22000 block of Lineville Road in Leon. Troopers indicate a hay bale had fallen off a truck’s trailer, driven by 41-year-old Justin Miller. According to the report, after Miller retrieved the hay bale from the ditch with a front-end loader, he then turned into a private driveway and hit a 6-year-old. The child was fatally injured in the incident. The identity of the child has not been released. Other news: