Toddler run over by lawnmower while at daycare

[satcook]

This is the unbelievable story unfolding in Wichita, KS!!

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Toddler-injured-in-lawnmower-accident-272164821.html#.U_dEGB7LDxM.facebook

I can't imagine what the daycare provider was thinking. I looked through her compliance records and she had an almost spotless record for the last 3 years....

Lori

[Unregistered]

What in the world was going through her head??? What would posses her to mow her lawn with kids there! So so sad. I bet they have the little girl at childrens mercy.

[BrooklynM]

OMG! My in-laws live in that neighborhood! What is wrong with that lady? Mowing the lawn with the kids there? WHAT? I hate even vacuuming around the kids!

[melilley]

Poor baby!
I wonder what did possess the provider to operate a lawn mower with 5 children in the yard?!

[daycare]

I just dont understand how this would happen.....

first off what was she thinking ?


when she saw the child in front of her why wouldn't she have stopped??


was she chasing the girl with it??


UGH wow

[DaveA]

How the %^&* do you hit a child with a PUSH mower? :confused:

Poor Kid

[daycare]

How the %^&* do you hit a child with a PUSH mower? :confused:

Poor Kid

yeah I thought well maybe I could see how this would happen if it was a ride mower....

BTW what are they called? riding mower???? or is it a tractor....

hey I grew up in the freaking desert...

[sally]

That is just crazy. I don't even like any children being in sight of a running lawn mower. When my Aunt was a child she and her siblings were playing in their own yard while the next door neighbor mowed his lawn. The mower kicked up a rock and took my Aunts left eye out. She has had to live with a glass eye most of her life because of it.

[craftymissbeth]

I live about 30 minutes from Wichita. I'm ashamed that there are so many providers in that area lately that are giving us good providers a bad name. Every time I read the comments under an article about this incident I see dozens of "this is why I don't send my kids to daycare. You can't trust daycares"

[Blackcat31]

OMG! how horrible!!

The articles I've read said the child may lose her leg from just below the knee. It said her leg was partially severed.

The provider was arrested immediately.

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Toddler-injured-in-lawnmower-accident-272164821.html

[Mom o Col]

I cringe when people post pics on facebook or wherever of themselves and children on riding mowers. So dangerous. We've never allowed our son outdoors during lawn mowing mostly for fear of the possibility of flying debris. I certainly wouldn't let the daycare kids out while my husband mowed. I can't fathom what she was thinking to have been mowing with children in her care to begin with.

[Silly Songs]

I can't help but wonder if she was letting the little girl "help" by allowing her to push the mower .

[sharlan]

I can totally see how this happened. The provider was mowing the lawn and the toddler ran in front of the mower and was either hit by the mower and tripped or just tripped. It would have been hard to stop the momentum of mower before it went over the little one's leg.

I probably mowed my lawns with daycare kids present hundreds of times. I usually did it during naptime for the littlest ones. The older kids knew that they had to stay off the grass. They either stayed on the patio, played on the driveway, or rode their bikes on the sidewalk. Those that didn't mind, had to sit in a chair by the door until I was finished.

I now have gardeners. The kids are not allowed outside while they are here.

[Baby Beluga]

I can see how this could have happened with a ride on mower - but not a push mower. I own an electric push mower and I really have to push for it to go. Maybe gas powered ones are different?

Regardless, prayers to this little one that her leg can be saved

[MOM OF 4]

If this was an accident, yes, it's stupid because it was preventable, she should be held accountable! SO pay the bills, etc.



The gas ones, if you let go, keep going. My hubby did that on accident once. It could literally have been a slip. Still, she should have been smarter and not mow with children that aren't even hers, present. Though it's not exactly a 'criminal' act, so unless it was intentional, I'm not sure about arresting her.