MANKATO, Minn. – Authorities in Blue Earth County say a rural Mankato man is the victim of a fatal tractor accident.
Deputies responded to a call at a farm in Lime Township Monday afternoon for the report of a man being run over by a tractor. Investigators say it appears the tractor accidentally started while it was in gear and 82-year-old Gerald Fredericks was standing near a rear tire.
Fredricks died at the scene.
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