A man linked to a Keokuk County Hayrack Ride case has pleaded guilty. On Tuesday, 36-year old Daniel Brubaker pleaded guilty to 13 counts of child endangerment, class D felonies. Thirty-two-year old David Heady was also charged with three counts of child endangerment causing serious injury, class C felonies, and 10 counts of child endangerment causing bodily injury, class D felonies. His trial is set for August 26th at 9 a.m. 

The charges stem from an incident that happened on October 14th, 2023. According to court documents, Brubaker was allegedly operating a vehicle with a “goose neck” trailer carrying middle school-aged students in a “negligent manner, causing the truck and trailer to go into a ditch, thus throwing the middle-school-aged riders throughout the road.” The wreck happened in rural Keokuk County. Brubaker will be sentenced on September 4th.