Sheriff: Nathan Hecker, 56, Killed In Logging Accident In Western Wisconsin On Monday

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Barron County Sheriff's Office says a 56-year-old man from Stone Lake, Wisconsin died in a logging accident in a wooded area west of Barron on Monday afternoon.

Investigators believe Nathan P. Hecker was repairing a piece of equipment on a log skidding machine when he became pinned between the cab and engine compartment.

He died at the scene.

A medical helicopter, multiple sheriff's deputies and EMTs responded to the scene of the accident at about 12:45 p.m.

Law enforcement says the accident happened, "in a parcel of woods caused from a 2019 blowdown storm near Hwy 8 and CTH TT."