A 3-year-old's foot had to be amputated Friday after a lawn mower accident.
The child had left the house and ran toward the father on the mower. The father didn't see the child and made a turn, running over the child.
With such a traumatic injury, the child was in life threatening condition with a large blood loss. The child was transported to a field near a church and then flow to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
A statement from Johns Hopkins said "there is no doubt that the application of that tourniquet absolutely saved the child's life today."
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