The Door County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal farming accident that occurred Thursday afternoon in the Town of Forestville.
Emergency crews from Southern Door Fire Department, Southern Door Emergency Responders, Door County Emergency Services, and the Door County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly after 3:30 p.m. on February 12, to S&S Jerseyland Dairy.
According to a preliminary investigation, a large bale grabber attachment became disconnected from a front-end loader and fell on the victim identified as 50-year-old Wilson Duarte Martinez of Forestville. Duarte was pronounced dead on the scene. An autopsy was conducted Friday, February 13, at the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office. Results are pending.
The incident remains under investigation, and no additional information is being released at this time.
