— The man who died in a skid steer accident reported Sunday was 67-year-old Randall Lipinski, of New London, according to Kandiyohi County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Kent Bauman.
According to a news release issued Monday by the
Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office,
dispatchers received a report around 2:41 p.m. Sunday of a man trapped by a skid steer loader in the city of New London. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His name was not released until Tuesday pending notification of family and further investigation, according to the earlier release from Detective Sgt. Quin Pomplun.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office responded with assistance from the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
New London Ambulance, New London Fire Department, the Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad, Lakes Area Rural Responders and Life Link Air III Ambulance.

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