Staples, MN – At around 6:13 Thursday evening (July 18th), the Wadena County Sheriff’s Department responded to a farm equipment rollover accident in rural Bullard Township, north of Staples.
First responders arrived to the scene and located a front-end loader tractor lying upside down in the ditch along County Road 30, with the operator pinned underneath it.
The operator, identified as 79-year-old John Berger of Frazee, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Staples Police Department, Staples Fire and Rescue, Lakewood Health Ambulance Service, Karvonen Funeral Home, and Scott’s Southtown Towing.