Child Loses Foot in Lawnmower Accident

[ScoutmasterRick]

Child Loses Foot in Lawnmower Accident

Posted: Sep 28, 2010 03:13 PM

Ligon Springs, AL - A 3 year old girl was airlifted to Huntsville Hospital Tuesday afternoon following a lawnmower accident at a home on Lime Road in the Ligon Springs community near Underwood Mountain.

It happened around 1:30 p.m.. Investigators say the girl's foot was run over by a riding mower and cut off. She was rushed to Helen Keller Hospital before being flown to Huntsville.

Her name and condition are not available at this time.

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Here's a followup story with some details.

3 Year Old Hurt in Lawn Mower Accident Improving

Posted: Sep 29, 2010 12:22 PM

Huntsville, AL - The three year old girl who lost her left foot and part of her leg in a lawn mower accident Tuesday is improving according to family members. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon at a home on Underwood Mountain in Colbert County.

Harlie Grace Grissom is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit at Huntsville Hospital. The doctors were not able to save or reattach the girl's foot and had to amputate everything just below the knee.

According to our news partner, the Times Daily in Florence, the girl was outside when her grandmother began cutting the lawn on a riding mower. The girl was told to go inside, but came back out and followed her grandmother. When the grandmother made a turn, the mower ran over the little girl's leg.

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[pdqdl]

I had a friend in high school that got injured by a riding mower.

At 7 years old, he was riding on the mower with dad...fell off and got mowed! He got his lower leg, ankle, and foot shaved down, but he recovered pretty well. He had only 3 toes left on that foot, with scars running up his calf, but he could outrun me.

Maybe the little girl with get along fine with a prosthetic device. At least she has lots of time to learn how.