The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a rural Red Oak man suffered minor injuries and possible hypothermia after being trapped underneath a tractor overnight. At 6:30am on Friday morning Deputies responded to a reported overturned tractor with the operator pinned beneath it. Deputies found 73-year-old Robert J. Jones of rural Red Oak had been removed from being pinned underneath the Farmall 504 he had been operating the day before.

Jones best assessment was that the incident occurred at approximately 4:30pm on Thursday as he was rotary mowing and the tractor rolled and pinned him underneath the operator’s station.  He was discovered Friday morning at about 6:15am by his wife. The accident occurred just west of a residence on F Avenue on private property.

Jones was extricated and transported to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Red Oak Fire and Rescue for treatment of what appeared to be minor injuries and possible hypothermia. The injuries weren’t expected to be life threatening.

The tractor received an estimated $1,000 in damage during the accident.