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Man dies after corn planter pins him in Stearns County

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Published  May 1, 2025 5:51pm CDT
Agriculture
FOX 9
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Pulling a corn planter behind his John Deere tractor, farmer Tim Clare plants corn near Cuba City, Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (Photo by Mark Hirsch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)  (Getty Images)

The Brief

    • A man is dead after being pinned by a John Deere DB66 planter in Stearns County on Tuesday.
    • Authorities say he was freed from the planter, but died at the scene despite life-saving efforts.
    • The incident happened when two men were working on the planter, which was believed to have hydraulic issues.

NORTH FORK TOWNSHIP, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man is dead after he was pinned under a corn planter in Stearns County on Tuesday.

Fatal farming accident 

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Deputies from the Stearns County Sheriff's Office said they responded to a reported farm accident in the 26000 block of County Road 201 in North Folk Township, about four miles northeast of the City of Brooten, around 5:47 p.m. on Tuesday.

Authorities then found a man pinned underneath a large John Deere DB66 corn planter that was having hydraulic issues. 

Investigators say the planter "suddenly and unexpectedly" lowered to the ground while the man was working on it.

That man, Eric Scott Segaar, 46, of Brooten, died at the scene despite being freed from the planter and life-saving efforts from first responders.

The Source: This story used information shared in a news release by the Stearns County Sheriff's Office.

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