A 13 year old child is shattered A man was killed by a wagon being pulled by a tractor during a haunted hayride event in Minnesota.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office said Saturday at 7:30 p.m. they received a report of a juvenile hit and injured on a hayride in St. Augusta. Despite their efforts to save the boy's life, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Please hold your baby tight. I would do anything to hold your baby again.”
Police said several employees and bystanders, including an off-duty police officer and an off-duty medic, tried to save his life.
The boy was later identified as Alexander “Xander” Mick, an eighth-grader at Sauk Rapids Rice Middle School.
According to a social media post from the Harvest of Horror Haunted Hayride, the attraction will be closed for the season out of respect for the victims and their families.
The hay owner told KMSP-TV that he was close with the child's father because they were both high school teachers. He said Xander's father, a music teacher, was organizing the event to help pay for the choir's travel expenses, and his son went along to help his father.
The boy's mother, Terri Dahlberg Mick, said: “Xander is an amazingly unique child who truly loved Jesus and is now living happily in His arms.” GoFundMe Donation A page has been set up to help the family pay for his funeral costs.
“Please hold your baby tight. I would do anything to hold my baby again,” the mother said on Facebook.
Hayride videos and images can be found at news video report From KMSP on YouTube.
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