At 1:43 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2024, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a man trapped underneath a manure spreader on State Highway 73 in the Town of Jump River.
Taylor County sheriff’s deputies, fire, ambulance, and other emergency services responded to the scene. Upon their arrival, the man, Myron Brooks, 71, of Gilman, WI, was extracted from beneath the manure spreader. Myron was pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriff’s office has determined that Myron had been pulling a manure spreader behind his tractor in a field. He was southbound and en route to help his neighbor. When Myron was overdue to arrive by the neighbor, the neighbor went looking for him and found him unresponsive and trapped underneath the manure spreader. The tracks in the field indicate Myron had turned around, for an unknown reason, and headed back north. He then struck a power pole, which likely caused him to fall from the tractor and get trapped under the manure spreader.
According to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office, "The cause of the accident is undetermined, but it is believed Brooks may have suffered a medical emergency causing him to lose control of the tractor, which resulted in striking the utility pole and then falling from the tractor and under the manure spreader."