Vernon County farm-related incident results in a fatal injury

VERNON COUNTY, Wis. (WRCO / WRCE) – A farm-related incident resulted in a fatal injury. Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports that on Friday morning (November 14) at approximately 11:00, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified that a 15-year-old female sustained serious injuries after being ran over by a wagon on private property, near Anderson Road, in the Town of Clinton.

The female was riding on a horse-drawn, two-wheel cart with a standing-only platform, driven by an 18-year-old male of rural Westby.  The horses became startled when the male threw a rock from the cart that had been removed from the field. 

The female fell onto the ground and was ran over by a wagon attached to the fore cart.  The wagon was loaded with ear corn picked from the field. The female was flown by GundersenAIR to Gundersen Health System (Emplify), in La Crosse, where she died in the early afternoon on the same day.

At the scene the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Westby Emergency Medical Services, La Farge Area Ambulance, Cashton Fire Department, Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance, and GundersenAIR.

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