A Poseyville Indiana deer hunter was seriously injured Thursday morning after falling approximately 18 feet from a tree stand in a remote area of the Skillet Fork bottoms southwest of Mill Shoals.
Fairfield Rural Fire Department personnel and White County Ambulance responded to the accident, which occurred in a heavily wooded area that was difficult for emergency vehicles to access.
Due to the remote location, rescuers transported the injured hunter out of the woods in the bed of a local first responder’s pickup truck.
An AirEvac medical helicopter landed in a nearby field, where the flight crew met with emergency personnel and prepared the hunter for transport.
The victim reportedly suffered an apparent broken leg in the fall.
The helicopter departed the scene shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, transporting the hunter to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, for further treatment.
The hunter’s name was not immediately available, and no additional information regarding his condition has been released