Fatal Farm Accident in Bangor Township

A 74-year-old man was killed when he was pinned under a tractor in a farm field Wednesday in Bangor Township. According to the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Office, authorities were called about the accident on Prairie Road around 6pm. First responders found James Russell Johnson had died when he was pinned under the tractor. Johnson had been pulling a fertilizer spreader across a hillside when the equipment tipped over, trapping him under it.