HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – A Hillsdale man was critically injured Wednesday night when his compact tractor was struck by a car as the tractor was pulling a log.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department says the accident happened just after 8:00 p.m. on Mechanic Road west of North Bunn Road.
According to accident investigators, it was determined that the tractor being operated by 71-year-old Phillip Wesley Bowers Sr was backing up when the car driven by 25-year-old Kayla Marie Mapes of Osseo struck the log and tractor after she tried to avoid contact.
The tractor then spun around and overturned causing Bowers to be ejected.
At last report, Bowers was in critical condition at a hospital in Toledo. Mapes declined treatment at the scene by members of the Reading Emergency Unit. The accident remains under investigation.
