3-year-old boy's foot was severed in a lawnmower accident in Lewes Wednesday
A 3-year-old boy's foot was severed in a lawnmower accident in Lewes on Wednesday.
The boy was sitting on the lap of his father who was driving a riding lawnmower in their yard, according to Delaware State Police spokesman Leonard DeMalto.
The boy jumped off the lawnmower, and his foot became lodged underneath it, DeMalto said.
He was flown to Nemours Children's Hospital in Rockland for the treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Child's foot severed in lawnmower accident in Lewes, Delaware
