Rural Flora child severely injured in mowing mishap
A three-year-old rural Flora boy, identified as Shelbee Wolf, son of Rodney and Patty Wolf, was flown by PHI Air Medical to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis after he suffered severe leg and foot injuries last Wednesday afternoon. Carroll County EMS, Jackson Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Carroll County Sheriff's Department were dispatched at 4:19 p.m. to 2064N. CR175W. in response to a report the young boy had been struck and run over by a riding mower. When police and EMS personnel arrived, they began medical treatment to the youth. Preliminary assessment by EMS staff indicated the boy suffered severe lacerations, fractures, partial amputation and loss of blood from the right leg. The child was conscious and alert when emergency workers arrived. Sheriff officers learned the child was walking behind a riding lawn mower, operated by his mother, and she backed the mower, not realizing he was behind it. His mother is seen being comforted by a neighbor as emergency workers prepare him for transport. Shelbee remains a patient in Riley Hospital. Comet photo