PIERZ, MN : 80-year-old Pierz man was injured in a farming incident on Thursday, December, 7th 2017

An 80-year-old Pierz man was injured Thursday morning in a farming incident on his family farm 4 miles north of Pierz in north-central Minnesota.

According to the Morrison County Sheriff's Office, Robert Happke was standing on a TMR mixer when the tractor started to move, causing him to fall off. Happke was then run over by the tractor.

Happke was transported to St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls by Gold Cross Ambulance and later airlifted to St. Cloud Hospital. His condition was not known Thursday afternoon.

The incident was reported at 10:15 a.m.

The sheriff's office was assisted by the Pierz Police Department and Pierz First Response Team.

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Tractor runs over northern Minn. man, 80, in farming accident