A 31-year-old Waseca, Minn., farmer was killed last week when he was caught in a hay mower in Rice County, authorities said Friday.
Mitchell Kenneth Gregory Olson died Wednesday afternoon in Morristown Township, north of Waseca and southwest of Faribault, the Rice County Sheriff's Office said.
Olson reportedly was found by law enforcement, rescue crews and emergency medical workers responding to a reported farming accident. His body had to be removed from the mower, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.
An obituary for Olson said he had a contagious laugh and brought joy and a good time to any room. "Mitchell loved farming and had a deep passion for his beef cattle," the obituary read.
Additional information will be released later, the Sheriff's Office said.
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