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farm mishap
A 16-year-old Maplewood boy was killed prevented that.
Aug.21 when he fell under the wheel of a As a result of the family's recent move
tractor while baling hay in Forest Lake, to Maplewood,Patrick would have been a
the Washington County Sheriff's junior at North High School this fall.
Department reported.
Patrick J.Cich was riding on the hood "'"`
of the tractor and fell off about 2:30 p.m.
when the tractor hit a bump.He was one I
of three youths riding on the tractor. f
His companions took him to District
Memorial Hospital in Forest Lake where
he was pronounced dead on arrival.He is
the son of Patricia Cich,2060 Radatz Ave., ..
Maplewood. v �.
It was the second time in a little more
than a year that tragedy struck the Cich L r
family. Raymond F. Cich, the boy's «.r-•—
father, died in a Wisconsin boating ac-
cident July 2, 1976. The family lived in
Forest Lake at the time. 1
Patrick was very active in the Forest
Lake gun club,where he and his brother, 411i
out of 150 boys, had the only perfect •
scores,according to Mrs. Cich.
He was also active in motorcycling,she
said,but he hurt his knee in a motorcycle
accident this spring.He was going to race
mototcycles this summer but the injury Patrick Cich