A west Iowa farmer cannot be held liable for a 2022 crash that killed a motorcyclist, an Iowa appeals court has ruled.

Robert Arkfeld Jr. of Shelby County was charged with homicide by OWI in the September 2022 death of 31-year-old Timothy McFarland of Emerson. The crash occurred as Arkfeld was driving a large farm implement across a highway after dark; a subsequent blood test found traces of cocaine in his system, and officers found cocaine discarded at the scene.

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