Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a tree stand accident that resulted in serious bodily injury.
Aaron Mason (34) of Spurgeon Indiana was setting up a tree stand, trying to secure a ratchet strap when he lost balance and jumped approximately twelve feet to the ground.
He was taken to Memorial Hospital in Jasper with significant injuries to his right ankle.
The accident took place on Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area in Pike County near Island Pit around 2:30 pm on Saturday November 5th 2016.
Mason was not wearing any type of safety harness at the time of the fall. This is the sixteenth tree stand accident in Indiana in 2016.
