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Name Released in Fatal St. Augusta Hayride Accident

Authorities have released the name of the teen that died earlier this month after being run over by a wagon at the annual Harvest of Horrors Haunted Hayride in St. Augusta.

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says information determined that 13-year-old Alexander Mick of Rice was a volunteer at the event and was part of a group whose job was to frighten riders being pulled through the cornfield area when he was run over by a trolley wagon being pulled by a tractor.

Despite lifesaving efforts, he died at the scene.