(Batesville, IN) - A southern Indiana hunter was airlifted Monday from the scene of an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident after being impaled by the antlers of a deer. 

Reports indicate Earl Hagy, 63, of Dillsboro, Indiana, was retrieving a harvested antlered deer from the bottom of a steep incline where he had been hunting. After securing the deer to the rear of the off-road vehicle, Hagy attempted to navigate back up the steep incline, but the ORV rolled over backward, throwing him from the vehicle.  Reports indicate the man landed on the deer and was impaled in the right side of his torso by the antlers.  He was reported in stable condition with stab like wounds.

The mishap occurred near Batesville, between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.