WELLESLEY, MASS. (WHDH) - A 5-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in a helicopter in Wellesley after being run over by a lawnmower Friday afternoon, fire officials said.
Officials said the boy was seriously injured in a backyard on South River Street. First responders raced to the scene just after 2 p.m. and immediately applied a tourniquet to the child’s leg.
“The report was a 5-year-old child run over by a lawnmower,” said Deputy Chief Steve Mortarelli of the Wellesley Fire Department. “Upon arrival, there was a tourniquet applied to try to control the bleeding.”
He was ultimately airlifted to Boston Children’s Hospital after being transported via ambulance to Wellesley College.
The child was in serious, but stable condition at the time of transit, according to the Wellesley police.
“Anything with a pediatric patient is always very difficult,” Mortarelli said. “A lot of the firefighters, the police, they have children of their own.”
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