LINCOLN, 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.