Two young boys aged 12 and 13 reportedly lost their lives last weekend during two tractor accidents during haunted rides organized in Tennessee and Minnesota for Halloween.
“Sam Jessen was the victim of a tragic accident which cost him his life. Sam was full of life and this is a devastating loss for his family and his community,” we can read in a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign set up by a relative of the child’s family to help him during this period. difficult.
On Friday evening, a first accident apparently occurred when young Samuel Jessen, 12, was hit by a tractor after hiding in the bushes with friends, along a haunted hay tractor ride, organized for Halloween, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) in Tennessee reportedly said, according to CBS News.
According to police authorities, the boy was trying to scare attendees of the Haunted Hilltop Halloween when he fell under the wheels of the tractor, fatally striking it. His death was reported on the spot.
“The HCSO family expresses its thoughts and sympathy to the family of the deceased minor, as well as to all those who witnessed this tragic event,” added the sheriff’s office in writing, according to the American media.
Unfortunately, the following day, a similar accident occurred more than 1,700 kilometers away, this time in the state of Minnesota, where 13-year-old Alexander Mick was reported to have died after being hit by a tractor. during an annual Halloween event called the Harvest of Horror Haunted Hayride, according to CBS News.
Like the day before, the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, after staff and bystanders, including an off-duty police officer, did everything to try to resuscitate him, according to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office.
“He was full of life, junior black belt in taekwondo, played drums for the worship team, was in band, sang in choir, robotics and soccer and was almost an Eagle Scout,” lamented his mother, Teri Mick, to CBS Minnesota.
The remaining nights of the 2024 edition of this haunted hayride were canceled following the death of the young boy, according to the American media.
