Two boys were killed in separate incidents related to Halloween tractor hayrides in Minnesota and Tennessee.
The Stearns County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office received a call about an accident in St. Augusta last Saturday around 7:37 p.m., according to a news release. The incident occurred during the city’s annual Harvest of Horror Haunted Hayride, in which a boy was injured when he was struck by a wagon pulled by a tractor.
The sheriff’s office said employees and bystanders, including off-duty police officers and off-duty medics, immediately began helping. He added that lifesaving efforts continued at the scene after first responders arrived, but were ultimately unsuccessful. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and identified as 13-year-old Alexander Mick of Rice, Minnesota.
The incident is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.
In his obituary, Alexander was “always very kind, scientific, highly technical, loved computers, full of energy, had a great sense of humor and a contagious smile,” and He is said to have “always tried to say ‘I love you’ first.” You more. ”
In a separate news release, the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a call about an incident at a local Halloween venue around 10:45 p.m. Friday. According to the sheriff’s office, the call was about a boy pinned by a tractor.
Upon arrival, officers spoke to an escort of a group of juveniles who were playing near the hayride tractor route and were behind bushes trying to scare hayrideers at the Haunted Hilltop Halloween event. Ta.
One of the boys may have tried to jump onto the trailer, slipped and fell under the wheels, and was found unresponsive, the sheriff’s office said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries.
“The HCSO family extends our thoughts and sympathies to the family of the boy who died, and to others who witnessed this tragic event. We also extend our condolences to the community at this difficult time. Please keep the family in your prayers,” the sheriff’s office said.
Local reports later identified the boy as 12-year-old Samuel Jessen. Samuel’s family said of their son: “Sam was a seventh-grader at (Chattanooga College of Liberal Arts) where he played football and basketball for the Eagles. But Sam’s passion was football. Sam loved to continue playing in the NFL and was a draft pick. He was drafted in the first round by the Kansas City Chiefs and was looking to make a career out of it,” reports Chattanoogan.com.
