DEKALB COUNTY, IN — A Hamilton man was hurt Saturday afternoon when he lost control of a backhoe he was operating and it overturned.
Police and medics were called around 3:15 p.m. to a property in the 900 block of County Road 61.
According the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, 65-year-old Ronald Getts was operating a backhoe along the roadway. Getts turned into his driveway and lost control of the backhoe.
Reports indicate the backhoe went off the north side of the driveway and down a steep embankment and overturned. Getts suffered a possible broken left arm and complained of head pain.
Assisting the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department at the scene was the Butler Police Department, Hamilton Fire Department, & Parkview Dekalb EMS.
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