WHAT CHEER, Iowa (KCRG) - Daniel Brubaker will be sentenced Thursday for his role in a hayrack ride crash that injured multiple children near What Cheer in October 2023.

Brubaker pleaded guilty in July to three counts of neglect of a dependent person and 10 counts of child endangerment.

Investigators and prosecutors say Brubaker was driving the pickup truck that was pulling a hayrack ride with children attending a 7th grade class party in October 2023.

29 children were thrown from the trailer into the ditch. Three of them were transported to a nearby hospital for their injuries.

Following the crash, Brubaker left the scene.

Former Keokuk County Sheriff David Heady, Jr. was a passenger in the pickup truck. Heady was found guilty this week on 13 counts of child endangerment for his ro

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