YMC Sheriff’s Office identifies electrocution victim

The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office has identified Bradley Charles Kneisl, age 30, of Paynesville as the man who suffered electrocution injuries in a tree trimming accident Monday.

On the afternoon of May 24, the Sheriff’s Office got a call about a male victim in a bucket lift trimming trees that came into contact with an electrical line causing the electrocution. Kneisl was airlifted from the scene by North Memorial Air Care and transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where is undergoing treatment in the burn unit.