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A Warsaw man was injured Tuesday in a chain saw accident near Leesburg.
Jerry Creekmore, 48, of East Pike Street, suffered a large cut to his right upper arm and another cut near his right knee.
According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department report, Creekmore was cutting a tree on Forest Glen Avenue when the chain saw apparently kicked back, hitting him in the arm. The saw then came down on his leg.
Creekmore was taken by North Webster Emergency Medical Service ambulance to Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw. No information as to his medical treatment was available.
