Fatal farm equipment rollover incident in Wadena County
On Thursday, July 18, at approximately 6:13 p.m., the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a farm equipment rollover accident with the operator pinned underneath.
The scene of the accident was along Wadena County Road 30, Section 13 of Bullard Township, east of Wahoo Valley and north of Staples.
Law enforcement, fire and rescue and medical personnel responded to the scene and located a front-end loader tractor lying upside down in the ditch along County Road 30 with the operator pinned under it.
The front-end loader operator, John Berger, 79, of Frazee was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Assisting the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office at the scene were the Staples Police Department, Staples Fire and Rescue and Lakewood Health Ambulance Service.
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