Tractor Accident

Tractor Accident

On October 8, 2019 at 4:07pm the Sauk County Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a person who was pinned under a farm tractor on Jacoby Road in the Township of Honey Creek.

An initial investigation revealed that a male, 72 years old from Prairie Du Sac was operating a farm tractor on an elevated feed bunk, off the roadway. While the tractor was in operation, part of the feed bunk wall collapsed causing the tractor to roll onto its side. The driver suffered severe crushing injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Sauk County Coroner’s Office.  

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Sauk City Fire Department, Sauk Prairie EMS and Sauk County Coroner’s Office. The name of the tractor operator is being withheld at this time.

Sheriff Chip Meister