The Centralia Fire Protection District says a Wamac man was injured when the SUV he was working on Tuesday afternoon fell on him.
Chief Ross Boshera reports something happened to the jack holding up the vehicle causing it to partially fall on John Gibson of the Brookside Mobile Home Park.
Boshera says Gibson’s wife saw the incident occur and was able to get Gibson out from underneath the car before the Fire District and Wamac Police arrived on the scene.
Both Lifestar and Sandoval Ambulance were also called to the scene with Sandoval later transferring Gibson to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia for treatment. He is believed to have sustained a broken arm and a possible chest injury.
The incident was reported at 3:24 Tuesday afternoon.
