An elderly western Greene County man was run over by a farm tractor on which he had been working in a field off North Mohawk Road on Wednesday afternoon.

A report filed by Deputy Sheriff Michael Jones about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday identified the victim as J.D. Ooten, 88, of North Mohawk Road.

It noted that Ooten had been flown from the scene to the Johnson City Medical Center by a Wings Air Rescue helicopter.

Ooten was listed in serious, but stable, condition in the hospital's intensive-care unit this morning, according to a nursing supervisor.

The Sheriff's Department report said Ooten was discovered by a passerby some time after the accident.

Ooten, according to the report, had been working on a John Deere tractor and apparently attempted to start the engine while standing on the ground beside it.

"The tractor was in gear and ran over the victim," Deputy Jones said in his report.

After striking Ooten, according to the report, the tractor continued down an embankment before stopping.

The report noted that the passerby who found the injured man had left the area before Deputy Jones reached the scene at 3605 North Mohawk Road about 4:30 p.m.

A Midway Volunteer Fire Department medical first responder and a Greene County-Greeneville Emergency Medical Services ambulance were dispatched to 3605 North Mohawk Road about 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to emergency radio transmissions from Greene County 911.

Then, units from the McDonald Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched around 4:20 p.m. to establish a landing zone for a Wings Air Rescue helicopter near the scene.

At about 4:40 p.m., an EMS worker at the accident scene was heard to tell a Greene County 911 dispatcher by radio that the Wings Air Rescue helicopter had departed to fly the victim to the Johnson City Medical Center.