Woman injured in farm accident

A Montgomery woman was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center following a farm accident on Thursday afternoon, July 28.

According to the Rice County Sheriff’s Department, Sheila Krukowski, 44, suffered injuries when livestock hit a fence causing approximately 1,000 pounds of gates to topple over and fall on her. The accident happened at the 11000 block of 140th Street West in Montgomery at 1:22 p.m.

The release said the gates/fencing were stacked on the other side of the fence when they fell on top of Krukowski. The release said she was trapped for several minutes. 

The Rice County Sheriff’s Department said she was airlifted to HCMC. Her condition was not immediately known.

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