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CAMPTI, La. -- A Campti man was injured Wednesday afternoon after being trapped underneath his zero-turn lawn mower, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office.
A neighbor was able to pull the man to safety before deputies and first responders arrived in the 100 block of Jim Bell Road north of Campti.
A medical helicopter was dispatched to the scene to take the 60-year-old man to a regional trauma center, where he's being treated for moderate but non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff's office said.
Witnesses told deputies the man was changing the battery on his lawn mower when it suddenly engaged after both cables were connected. The mower spun, lifted from the front and pinned the man to the ground.