BarnessheriffspatchKathryn (CSi) — The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic and a farm accident that occurred over the weekend.

30 year old Karl Helland was injured operating a baler near Kathryn Saturday about 8:30-p.m.

His hand and part of his arm were  pinned between two steel rollers.

He was extricated from the baler and taken to Mercy Hospital in Valley City for treatment of injuries.

Responding to the scene to assists the Sheriff’s Office, were Barnes County Rescue, Barnes County Ambulance, Kathryn First Responders, along with Litchville, and Hasting Fire Departments.

On Sunday morning about 7-O’Clock a 19-year-old Valley City man was injured when he lost control and rolled his Dodge Durango into a ditch northwest of Valley City.

He was cited for Care Required.