In update to our earlier reports, Cass County Sheriff’s Officials say the accident whereby a person was trapped,  involved a soil packing/compacting machine. Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers told KJAN News that 49-year-old Jeffrey Albert, of Kimballton, was running the machine, prepping the area for a new grain bin pad, when the machine tipped over on a slope. Crews from Heuton Construction were on the scene and immediately used a backhoe to lift the compactor off of Albert’s legs.

Albert suffered from multiple fractures of both legs and was flown by LifeNet to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. Griswold Fire and Rescue, Lewis 1st Responders and Medivac assisted the Sheriff’s Office at the scene.