Man Seriously Hurt in a Meeker County Job Site Accident
ELLSWORTH TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- A Slayton, Minnesota man had to be airlifted to the hospital after being hurt on a job site in Meeker County.
Sheriff's deputies were called to the 67000 block of County Road 18 Thursday at around 6:45 p.m. It's a rural location between Dassel and Hutchinson.
Deputies arrived to find 37-year-old Peter Mollema had been doing fiber-optic work when he fell into a pit and fell on a rod that impaled his leg.
Life Link ambulance airlifted Mollema to St. Cloud Hospital. Mollema's condition is unknown.
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