Seriously injured

Three-year-old child’s foot caught under lawnmower

A tragic accident occurred on Saturday in Sattledt (Upper Austria): A three-year-old boy got his foot caught in the blades of a lawnmower that was switched on. The toddler suffered serious injuries and was flown to the Med Campus by emergency helicopter. 

Every parent's nightmare happened on Saturday in Sattledt: at around 11 a.m., a 59-year-old man was mowing with a lawnmower tractor when he overlooked his three-year-old son, who was behind it at the time, and drove backwards over his foot. He suffered serious injuries as a result.

The child was flown to Med Campus Drei in Linz by a Christophorus emergency helicopter. In addition to the ambulance and emergency doctor, the police were also on site.