By Shay Lelonek / Asst. News Director

ST. AUGUSTA, Minn. — The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office has released new information regarding the accident at St. Augusta’s annual Harvest of Horror Haunted Hayride event that killed a 13-year-old boy from Rice.

Officers say the boy was a volunteer working the event when he was run over by a trolley wagon being pulled by a tractor. He was part of a group whose job was to frighten riders of the hayride.

Initial investigation reveals nothing of a criminal nature and the death is believed to be accidental.

The accident remains under investigation.