Winter weather has contributed to a pair of injuries involving city and county emergency personnel.

Capt. Josh Terrell with the Rogers Fire Department broke two bones in his right ankle Sunday afternoon while he was on a a crew responding to a call of a natural gas leak. The call was received around 2 p.m. Terrell required surgery and will be off work for several months while rehabilitating from his injuries, Chief Tom Jenkins said.

“He was on Engine No. 3, which is at our airport fire station, and they responded to a call of a natural gas leak on the very northern edge of the city,” Jenkins said. “While they were en route, the fire truck had some issues with ice on some of the residential roads and went off the roadway.”

Terrell went to the location of the natural gas leak on foot and plugged the leak while the engine crew worked to get the truck back onto the roadway, Jenkins said.

Terrell slipped on a patch of ice and sustained the injuries while he was walking back to the truck, Jenkins said.

Terrell was taken to Mercy Hospital for surgery and is now at home, Jenkins said.

A Benton County road grader operator was taken to Mercy Hospital on Wednesday night by Northeast Benton County EMS, according to State Police.

Stanley Drain was eastbound on Lee Town Road on a county-owned Caterpillar road grader when he “for an unknown reason” went off the road to the right, crossed back over, ran down an embankment, through a fence and about 100 yards into a field before coming to a stop when hitting another fence, State Police said.

Road conditions were slushy at the time and it was snowing, according to the State Police report.

Terry Nalley, county public services administrator, said Thursday that Drain was blading ice and snow off the road when the incident occurred.

“A car approached him and it kind of crowded him a little,” Nalley said. “He moved over to give the car as much room as he could and the right front tire slipped off into the ditch.”

Drain lost consciousness during the incident and sustained other injuries, but Nalley said he didn’t have any other details.

The grader had been brought back to the Road Department’s Bentonville road yard and was being assessed for damage, Nalley said.

Annette Beard contributed to this report