Man hurt while working on truck

CORTLAND - An employee of a Cortland agribusiness was hospitalized in Indianapolis after he was injured in an incident Tuesday afternoon.

According to a report from Jackson County Officer Michael Carothers, Allen Acton of rural Vallonia was working on the brakes of a KOVA tender truck when it rolled forward onto his leg and pelvis.

Acton was treated by Jackson County Emergency Medical Services personnel as well as medical personnel with Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department.

He was first treated at Schneck Medical Center and later flown by helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

The incident, reported at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, occurred after a fellow employee was asked to start the truck in the shop at KOVA on Indiana 258 just west of Cortland, Carothers said. That employee started the truck and was rebuilding air pressure, Carothers said.

The truck also was in gear and went forward onto Allen, who was on a floor creeper beneath the truck.

The truck was then backed up, and Acton pulled himself from under it, Carothers said.