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Lamar man dies in farming accident

The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly workplace accident in Lamar Monday afternoon. 

Todd Hardee, the Darlington County Coroner, says 68-year-old Ted “Peter” Windham, of Lamar, died after he was run over by a tractor while working on his family’s farm, Windham Farms. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. in a field on Hibiscus Road. 

An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow and the incident is still under investigation.