WAYNE TOWNSHIP — A Dowagiac resident was hospitalized after a tractor accident in Wayne Township Sunday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department.

Police were called to the scene of the accident on Roth Road near Dewey Lake in Wayne Township after Leonard Eugene Philips, 59, fell from a tractor he was operating on his property. Phillips was run over by one of the wheels of the tractor and sustained serious injuries.

Phillips was transported by PrideCare Ambulance to Borgess Lee Memorial in Dowagiac for injuries sustained in the accident.

The Wayne Township Fire Department also assisted with the accident.