Man Dies After Falling Into Tanker-Trailer

EDEN LAKE TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- An Eden Valley man has died after falling into a tanker trailer on Tuesday. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a call at 22588 County Road 34 at about 9:45 a.m. in Eden Lake Township for a man who had fallen into a 42-foot tanker trailer and was unresponsive. The trailer had about 1.5 feet of water inside when the person was found. He was pulled out of the trailer, and life-saving measures were attempted, and he was taken to the Paynesville Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The man has been identified as 25-year-old Elder Gonzalez of Eden Valley. Gonzalez had been cleaning the tanker-trailer with a hose prior to being found.

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See the Aftermath of the 1886 St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rice Tornado

Here are some historical pictures taken of the destruction from an F4 tornado/cyclone on the cities of St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rice, Minnesota on April 14, 1886.

Gallery Credit: Brown and Riley, "Cyclone Views: Pictures Sauk Rapids Cyclone" (1886). University and Other Publications. 1.