Man taken to hospital after tractor accident in rural Douglas County

A man was taken to an area hospital Sunday afternoon after a tractor accident in rural Douglas County, emergency responders said.

Sgt. Jay Armbrister, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, said a man was injured when a tractor he was using rolled onto him at about 2:20 p.m. Sunday on East 1200 Road about 1.5 miles south of Kansas Highway 10. The man was transported to Overland Park Regional Hospital, Armbrister said.

Further information was not immediately available.