Bremer County Farm Accident Injures Elderly Man

A rural Bremer County man was taken to the hospital following a farm accident near Plainfield.

According to sheriff's officials, rescue personnel found Harold Reuscher, 86, pinned under the bucket of a skid loader he had been using. Reuscher was extricated from underneath the bucket, then air-lifted to a Waterloo hospital. A condition report was not immediately available.

The accident occurred around 11 AM Wednesday on a farm along Fairview Aveune, east of Plainfield.

Bremer County sheriff officials were assisted by Waverly Ambulance, Plainfield Fire Department and Plainfield First Responders.