A weekend hunting trip in northern Indiana turned fatal when a hunter accidentally shot himself with a crossbow.
Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a hunting accident report shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, in Wabash County.
Preliminary investigations determined the hunter, a man from Fairmount, accidentally discharged his crossbow and struck himself in the right leg with an arrow.
First responders from the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department, Lagro Township Fire Department, Wabash Fire Department, and Indiana State Police treated the man at the scene.
He was airlifted to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne with life-threatening injuries but later died at the hospital.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has withheld the victim’s identity pending notification of his family.
The incident remains under active investigation by state authorities.
