Flowery Brach man injured in skid steer accident

A 76-year-old man was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Thursday after a skid steer he was operating overturned in a creek on property in the 5400 block of Oliver Road in Flowery Branch.

HALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE NARRATIVE:

“He was able to tell responding deputies that he was creating a food plot in the area and drove too close to the edge of (a) creek, causing the skid steer to flip.

The man was trapped for a short time before he was freed by Hall County Fire Services emergency rescue crews. He complained of neck and head pain at the scene.”