Girl trapped under hay bale in Eden, flown to hospital: sheriff
Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. - A girl in Fond du Lac County was seriously injured Wednesday, Aug. 24 after a "large" hay bale fell on her, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office said the 911 call came in just before 3 p.m. Deputies and other agencies responded to the town of Eden home, including ThedaStar, which flew the 9-year-old to the hospital.
An investigation found three kids were chasing kittens in a barn when two of the kids climbed onto two hay bales that were stacked on top of one another. The 9-year-old was still on the ground when the hay bales tipped over – trapping the girl underneath one of them.
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Two adults at the scene got the girl out from underneath the hay bale, the sheriff's office said. The incident is not considered suspicious, and no one else was hurt.