July 01, 2024

Waterman man seriously injured in farming accident

BIG ROCK, Ill. — A Waterman man was seriously injured in a farming accident Jan. 6 in rural Big Rock in southern Kane County.

According to a news release from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, Benton A. Coulter, 40, of the 200 block of N. Maple Street in Waterman, was taken to Mercy Hospital with critical injuries after the accident, which happened just before 5 p.m.

The release said that Coulter’s arm became stuck in farming equipment in the 45W600 block of Wheeler Road in Big Rock and Kane County deputies provided first aid immediately after responding.

Coulter is expected to survive the injury, the release said.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Big Rock Fire Department and the Sugar Grove Fire Department.