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Boy dies in St. Augusta hayride accident

(St. Augusta, MN) — A 13-year-old boy is the victim of deadly accident at a haunted hayride in St. Augusta. Stearns County sheriff’s deputies were called to the annual Harvest of Horror Haunted Hayride Saturday night near St. Cloud. Officials say Alexander Mick of Rice was run over by a trolley wagon and dragged by a tractor. Despite immediate life-saving aid, Mick died at the scene. The incident is still under investigation.