MN: man airlifted after hunting accident
Prinsburg man airlifted after hunting accident
West Central Tribune - 11/28/2008
WILLMAR — A 30-year-old Prinsburg man was airlifted Friday to St.
Cloud Hospital for treatment of a self-inflicted gunshot wound sustained
in a hunting accident.
According to Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Sgt. Steven Marquardt, Steven
Slagter was hunting pheasants with a family member and two friends in a
waterfowl production area in Section 27 of Edwards Township. The area is
several miles southeast of Raymond.
Responding emergency personnel found Slagter with a gunshot wound to
his lower right leg. He had placed a tourniquet on the leg to control
bleeding, according to Marquardt’s news release. Slagter was attempting
to make his way through heavy cover when the gun went off.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office.
Assisting were the Raymond ambulance and fire department, Kandiyohi
County Rescue Squad, the paramedic unit from the Willmar Ambulance
Service and North Air Care.
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