On this date in 1968, 15-year-old Donna Steinke of Barnesville, Minnesota, was killed in an accidental fall from a hayrack during a church-sponsored hayride.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

A Barnesville, Minn., girl was fatally injured Sunday when she fell from a hayrack during a church-sponsored hayride.

Donna Steinke, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Steinke, died when she fell about 8:30 p.m. from a hayrack on a Clay-Wilkin County line road.

Barnesville Police Chief Floyd Erdman said the hayride was sponsored by a youth group from Assumption Catholic Church at Barnesville. There were two vehicles carrying an estimated 70–75 teenagers.

Erdman said John Kava, driver of the vehicle on which Donna was riding, told him he heard a thump and the youngste

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