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Associated Press - October 7, 2009 12:14 PM ET
INKOM, Idaho (AP) - The Bannock County Sheriff's Department says a construction flagger working near Inkom escaped serious injury after he was run over by his own pickup truck.
Pocatello resident Michael Cadwallader was working as a flagger for Amerigo Inc. when the incident occurred Tuesday.
Capt. Mike Sanders with the sheriff's department says the 37-year-old stopped his truck to pick up a flag that had fallen out of the vehicle when the truck started to roll down a steep grade. Sanders says Cadwallader tried to jump back into the truck, but lost his footing and fell.
The truck rolled over his upper body, but Cadwallader escaped with bruises and other non-life threatening injuries. He was treated and released at a local hospital.
Information from: Idaho State Journal, http://www.journalnet.com
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