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KEOKUK COUNTY, Iowa ( KCCI ) -- A former Iowa sheriff's deputy, David Heady, has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for his role in a hay rack ride accident that injured several middle school students in Keokuk County.

During his sentencing on Wednesday, Heady pleaded for forgiveness and leniency, quoting Matthew 5:7, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."

Heady and Daniel Brubaker hosted the Halloween party and hay rack ride for middle schoolers in 2023, where investigators say the two men were drinking and speeding. Brubaker was behind the wheel during the incident.

Tracy Pfannebecker, the mother of a girl injured in the crash, was in tears when she spoke in court, expressing her distress over the incident.

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