Fatal Farm Accident in North Fork Township

On Tuesday afternoon at 5:47, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a farm accident at the location of 26338 County Road 201 in North Fork Township – about 4-miles northeast of Brooten. The caller said there was a man pinned underneath a large corn planter.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they determined that two men were working on a John Deere DB66 planter which was having hydraulic issues.  One of the men, 46-year-old Eric Scott Segaar of Brooten, was underneath the planter when it’s believed the hydraulic system failed, causing the planter to suddenly and unexpectedly lower to the ground – pinning Segaar underneath the planter.

Segaar was freed from the planter and provided life saving measures by multiple emergency personnel on the scene, but was pronounced deceased.  The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Brooten Fire Department, Brooten Ambulance, and Life Link Helicopter.