Teen dies in Steele County farm accident
Published by Waseca County News October 16, 2009 Â OWATONNA — A 14-year-old Steele County youth was killed in a farm accident Thursday night, the Steele County Sheriff’s Office has reported. Â Evan Jacobson and his uncle, Jim Jacobson, were unloading sweet corn silage from the back of a tandem axle grain in the 8900 block of Lemond Road. The box of the truck was raised by a hoist for unloading when the load suddenly emptied, trapping both Evan and Jim Jacobson under the silage, according to a press release issued by Steele County Sheriff Gary Ringhofer. Â Jim Jacobson managed to free himself and called Evan’s father, John Jacobson, to call 911. Â Evan Jacobson was found unconscious beneath the silage, the statement said. All efforts to revive the youth were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at the Owatonna Hospital.
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