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Staff photo by Fritz Busch
Participants at the Jackson Bieraugel bench dedication at the New Ulm Civic Center Thursday, from left, Brody Johnson, Kayla Kokesch, Forrest Bieraugel, Brendan Bieraugel, Courtney Botten, and Jordan Kokesch.
NEW ULM The best friend of a 16-year-old New Ulm High School student who died in a one-vehicle crash near the New Ulm Municipal Airport in October 2019, dedicated a bench commemorating him outside the New Ulm Community Center Thursday.
Jackson Bieraugel was a passenger in the rear bed of a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck driven by Brody Johnson who lost control and rolled the vehicle. Bieraugel was pinned under the truck and pronounced dead at the scene.