A man is in hospital with serious injuries after he was run over by a farm tractor outside Middle Stewiacke, N.S.

Colchester District RCMP responded to the incident near Fisher Road around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

They say the 59-year-old Eastville man was trying to straighten a pole with the tractor when he fell off and was run over by the vehicle.

The man was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. The incident remains under investigation.