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Man Injured in Turkey Hunting Accident Near Auburn

Nebraska_game_and_parksLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a reported hunting accident in southeast Nebraska near Auburn.

A Nebraska Game and Parks Commission spokesman says the agency’s officers and the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office are looking into the incident reported at 6 a.m. Friday.

Three brothers were reportedly hunting turkeys when the accident happened on private property about 6 miles west and 5½ miles south of Auburn.

A 48-year-old Auburn man was injured and transported via helicopter to Bryan LGH West Hospital in Lincoln.

The man’s name and condition were not immediately released.

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