Woman hospitalized after getting caught in farm combine

A woman in Marshall County was hospitalized after she got caught in a farm combine.

It happened on Tuesday, Sep. 19, at a farm on Peach Road, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.

The 54-year-old woman was conscious and responsive when medical crews arrived and worked to extract her from the equipment.

The victim told authorities she thought she was in a safe area of the cornfield.

She was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend for treatment.