N. Indiana woman run over by farm vehicle, dies

PIERCETON, Ind. — Police say a northern Indiana woman died when she apparently was run over by a farm vehicle she either stepped or fell off of.

Koscuisko County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Hill says 42-year-old Leslie Hodges of Pierceton, 35 miles west of Fort Wayne, died Sunday in a skid loader accident. Hill says investigators aren’t sure exactly what happened, but says her death appears to be an accident. She was found under a traction tract of the skid loader.

Detectives found evidence that Hodges was loading large rolls of hay bays with a device attached to the skid loader when she got off the vehicle and was run over as the vehicle went in a circle. The Kosciusko County coroner ruled she died from blunt force trauma.