20-year-old injured in Utica farming accident

A 20-year-old man was injured in a Monday farming accident near Utica but the injuries were not considered life-threatening.

The unidentified worker was transferred to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Ottawa, for injuries sustained in the accident reported at 3510 E. 10th Road. There, a piece of machinery the man was working on came down and struck him in the head. Preliminary reports suggested a tiller disc struck the worker.

Utica Fire Chief Ben Brown confirmed in a 4:25 p.m. call the patient was being transferred by Utica EMA to the Ottawa hospital. Brown confirmed a short time later the patient was expected to survive.