Fatal Tractor Rollover Bridgewater Township

Date/Time of Incident: 07/04/2020 @ 1635 Hours 

Incident Description:  Fatal Tractor Rollover

Location of Incident:  9000 Block Albers Avenue, Bridgewater Twsp

Victim Information: 71 year old Gary Ebling

Description of Incident:  

On 7/04/2020 at approximately 1635 hours Rice County Deputies were dispatched to the 9000 Block of Albers Avenue in rural Bridgewater Township on a report of a tractor rolled over down an embankment. The caller reported there was a male trapped under an implement with severe injuries. Deputies arrived and the male was deceased. 

It appears the operator was mowing the ditch on the east side of the road when it rolled down the embankment, ejecting the tractor operator and partially pinning him under the mower implement. 

The accident remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

Rice County Deputies were assisted at the scene by Northfield Police, Northfield Ambulance and Northfield Fire and Rescue.  Media Release04242020- Fatal accident

 

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