Man injured in tractor accident

An Albany man was injured Tuesday after his tractor rolled on him while he was mowing his lawn.

William Stanley, of Parkers Road, got too close to a creek bank and rolled his tractor into the bank, said Albany Fire Department Chief Warren Keirns.

The Athens County Sheriff's Office was dispatched at 4:22 p.m. and the Albany Fire Department received a call at 4:25 p.m.

"He possibly was pinned under the tractor for at least an hour," he said.

A neighbor said he heard Stanley yelling for help and found him in the creek bed with the tractor on top of him.

"A neighbor found him and called in," Keirns said. "Nine of our firemen responded to the accident, and together the fire department and the neighbor got the tractor off."

Keirns said the firemen hooked a chain to a pick-up truck to move the tractor off the victim.

SEOEMS transferred Stanley to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. He was admitted for observation and is in good condition, said Kristi Bownkowski, spokesperson for O'Bleness Hospital.