Teen dead following Vernon County farm accident

One person is dead following a farm accident in Vernon County. Friday morning, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified that a 15-year-old female sustained serious injuries after being ran over by a wagon on private property, near Anderson Road in Clinton. The female was riding on a horse-drawn, two-wheel cart with a standing-only platform, driven by an 18-year-old male of rural Westby. The horses became startled when the male threw a rock from the cart that had been removed from the field. The female fell onto the ground and was ran over by an attached wagon loaded with picked corn. The female was flown by Gundersen AIR to Gundersen Health System, in La Crosse where she died in the early afternoon on the same day. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Westby EMS, La Farge Area Ambulance, Cashton Fire & Rescue, Tri-State Ambulance/Gundersen Ambulance, and GundersenAIR. The incident remains under investigation.