A 30-year-old Whitehall man was transported to the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Salisbury Township, after he was accidentally shot in the face with pellet rounds from a small-caliber firearm.

It happened around 5:27 p.m. Sept. 1 at the intersection of Kistler and Warden roads in Lowhill Township.

State police at the Fogelsville barracks said he sustained a minor laceration of the face and minor bruises on his body.