DECATUR COUNTY, IN — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a hunting-related accident that happened Thursday shortly after 11:30 am in Decatur County.
Responders were dispatched to an area near the 8700 block of East County Road 150 North for a person injured after falling from a tree stand.
Forty-four-old Jeffrey Berkemeir of Greensburg was injured while attempting to remove a hang-on tree stand and falling approximately 25 feet to the ground.
Initial investigation reveals that Berkemeir was using a full body safety harness, when for unknown reasons, the lineman’s rope became untied from the harness, causing the fall.
Berkemeir was transported via helicopter to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for severe injuries to both legs.
Assisting agencies at the scene were the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office, the Clarksburg Fire Department, and the New Point Fire Department.
