Aug 5, 2013

Archived: Man And 5 Year Old Boy Dead After Tractor Accident

CLEARWATER, Minn. (AP) – A man and 5-year-old boy are dead after being pinned under a tractor in Wright County.

According to a news release from the county sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a call around 5:45 p.m. Friday of a tractor that had flipped over into a ditch in Clearwater Township, northwest of the Twin Cities. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the two were pinned under the tractor.

The man died at the scene.

According to the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office, the boy, Rollie Gustafson of Monticello, died an hour later from blunt-force injuries at a hospital. The man’s identity hasn’t been released.

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