Le Sueur County man dies in tractor rollover

(Le Center, MN) – A tractor accident has killed a man in rural Le Sueur County.

Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason says deputies responded at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a tractor rollover in Lexington Township.

Joseph William Schatz, 70, was found trapped under the tractor when emergency personnel arrived.  Efforts to resuscitate Schatz were not successful, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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