Horrific ATV accident

[scootr]

Good old common "Horse Sense" like so many things... a thing of the past

People did what needed to be done to survive. For much of our country survival is all but guarantied without risking life or limb. Perhaps people no longer have common sense because they survive without it...Darwin again.

 

[John0829]

Yep, the shallow end of the gene pool is WAY over crowded.

 

[masseyrider]

Good old common "Horse Sense" like so many things... a thing of the past

Horses let smelly cowboys ride on their backs all day long. Not much sense in that.

 

[MHarryE]

Update on the girl - infection after first leg surgery ended with infection, second and third surgeries and now the foot is amputated above the ankle. 3 hours rehab daily, has to be rough on a 6 year old. Haven’t heard about the other injuries so they must be healing okay but considering she nearly lost her left arm from the shoulder too makes me sick.

 

[tradosaurus]

MN CRIME - Police/Fire/EMS ·​

St. Louis County authorities report a 6-year-old girl was seriously injured when she fell off an ATV and was run over by a brush mower this afternoon. The girl was a passenger riding behind an adult operator of the ATV, who was mowing trails on the 2200 block of North Burtness Road in Field Township, west of Cook.​

As they were mowing, the 6-year-old fell off of the ATV and was run over by the brush mower, the sheriff's office said. The girl was transported by ambulance to the Cook hospital and then taken by North Memorial Air Care to Regions Hospital in Saint Paul with serious injuries. The flight crew reported the girl suffered a partial amputation of her foot, as well as numerous lacerations. She was said to be alert before being sedated.

We live only 3 miles from where this accident happened. Her mother was the one driving the ATV with her daughter riding and had to lift the mower off the girl to begin treatment. Latest update is that in addition to the amputated foot, she suffered a broken left humerus and deep lacerations to her left shoulder. We are in shock around here regarding this accident.

So who was driving the brush mower? Story is confusing.

 

[deezler]

Update on the girl - infection after first leg surgery ended with infection, second and third surgeries and now the foot is amputated above the ankle. 3 hours rehab daily, has to be rough on a 6 year old. Haven’t heard about the other injuries so they must be healing okay but considering she nearly lost her left arm from the shoulder too makes me sick.

Ugh that's so awful. A beautiful child losing limbs, suffering from years-long rehab, adjustment and potentially life-long PTSD. All from a completely avoidable accident.