An employee with Oxford Construction Co. was injured Tuesday afternoon, after he was struck by a dump truck while working on a bridge in rural Decatur County, Sheriff Wiley Griffin said.

The accident took place at approximately 4:15 p.m., on the Georgia 253 South bridge that crosses over Spring Creek, just east of the Seminole County-Decatur County line. Sheriff Griffin said the employee was working on the bridge when a dump truck approached from the west and was unable to stop in time, striking the man.

The dump truck involved in the accident belongs to Circle B Construction of Attapulgus.

Griffin said he believes the man’s injuries are not life-threatening, but the victim was taken by emergency helicopter to a hospital. The helicopter landed at Calvary Church of God, just across the line in Seminole County.

A state trooper from the Georgia State Patrol’s Colquitt, Ga., post is investigating the accident.

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