Valley News Live<\/a>) – The Barnes Co. Sheriff\u2019s Office says just before 2:00 Sunday afternoon, a man was seriously injured in a farm related accident in rural Barnes County.<\/p>\nDeputies say the accident happened near a farmstead in the 2500 block of 113th Ave SE in Valley City. On Tuesday, the father of 23-year-old Garrett McFadgen released in a statement that on Sunday, March 14th, Garrett was working on the family farm and ranch North West of Valley City, preparing to unload portable livestock corral panels from a flatbed trailer. McFadgen says the load flipped and knocked Garrett off of the trailer deck, onto the ground. The panels fell directly on top of his mid-section. The Sheriff\u2019s Office says Garrett was able to free himself, but was left with serious injuries.<\/p>\n
Garrett was life-flighted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo and McFadgen says his son is being treated for severe injuries including a broken back, fractured vertebra in his neck, broken ribs and several other injuries.<\/p>\n
Garrett\u2019s father says that although his son is in bad shape and will have extensive surgery in the coming days, that he is just thankful he is alive and prays to see him walk again.<\/p>\n
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Valley City\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Barnes County Sheriff\u2019s Office reports, that on Sunday afternoon, around two O\u2019Clock a \u00a0rural Barnes County man was seriously injured in a farm related accident, near a farmstead located in the 2500 block of 113th Avenue \u00a0Southeast at Valley City.<\/p>\n
The report says, \u00a0the man in his 20\u2019s was unloading cattle panels when they fell off the vehicle, and the panels landed on top of him. He was \u00a0able to free themself while \u00a0suffering serious injuries.<\/p>\n
He was then airlifted to a Fargo hospital.<\/p>\n
No information on his condition was immediately available.<\/p>\n
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