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Andy Zunker was in stable condition Monday in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in an accident at the Zunkers’ rural Conrath dairy farm on Sunday afternoon, June 23.
Zunker, 41, was run over by a rear tire of his tractor after the seat broke off, causing him to plummet to the ground as he prepared to back up to a chopper wagon, according to his mother-in-law, Audrey Riphenburg.
She said Zunker had his foot on the clutch with the tractor in reverse, and was about 20 feet from the wagon. As he fell, the clutch engaged and Zunker was run over from his left shoulder to his right side by the tractor, which continued on back to the wagon. The wheel missed his head.
Zunker hollered for help and his wife, Valerie, and his son and daughter rushed over and they called 9-1-1.
A sheriff’s deputy and Ladysmith Fire Dept. rescue personnel arrived at the scene, along with Rusk County Ambulance EMTs.
Zunker was taken to Rusk County Memorial Hospital, then transferred by helicopter to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.
Audrey said Andy suffered broken ribs and multiple fractures of vertebrae and injury to his spleen, liver and lungs, but doctors on Monday felt surgery may not be necessary.
She said Andy’s arms were okay and he was okay from the waist down.
Friends and farm employees were handling the farm work for Andy while family members were with him at the hospital. Andy and Valerie, who have been married since 1987, milk more than 285 cows on the dairy farm at N3011 Cloverland Road, Conrath.
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Andy Zunker was in stable condition Monday in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in an accident at the Zunkers’ rural Conrath dairy farm on Sunday afternoon, June 23.
Zunker, 41, was run over by a rear tire of his tractor after the seat broke off, causing him to plummet to the ground as he prepared to back up to a chopper wagon, according to his mother-in-law, Audrey Riphenburg.
She said Zunker had his foot on the clutch with the tractor in reverse, and was about 20 feet from the wagon. As he fell, the clutch engaged and Zunker was run over from his left shoulder to his right side by the tractor, which continued on back to the wagon. The wheel missed his head.
Zunker hollered for help and his wife, Valerie, and his son and daughter rushed over and they called 9-1-1.
A sheriff’s deputy and Ladysmith Fire Dept. rescue personnel arrived at the scene, along with Rusk County Ambulance EMTs.
Zunker was taken to Rusk County Memorial Hospital, then transferred by helicopter to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.
Audrey said Andy suffered broken ribs and multiple fractures of vertebrae and injury to his spleen, liver and lungs, but doctors on Monday felt surgery may not be necessary.
She said Andy’s arms were okay and he was okay from the waist down.
Friends and farm employees were handling the farm work for Andy while family members were with him at the hospital. Andy and Valerie, who have been married since 1987, milk more than 285 cows on the dairy farm at N3011 Cloverland Road, Conrath.
