A Salem man has been airlifted by medical helicopter to a St. Louis Hospital late Thursday night after a jack slipped and his pickup truck fell on top of him.
Salem Assistant Fire Chief Jim Cerny says Thomas Sill had been working on the pickup in his front yard in the 600 block of South Franklin when the jack slipped. A rear wheel of the truck had been removed.
As firemen were airing up airbags to put under the vehicle, Salem Police officers on the scene lifted up the rear of the truck allowing Sill to be removed.
Sill was placed in a United Medical Response ambulance and taken to the Salem Township Hospital helipad where he was flown to St. Louis.
Salem Fire and Police were called to the scene at 10:42 Thursday night.
