A three-year-old has lost a leg after she was accidentally run over by a lawnmower. Little Abigail Reardon was at her dad's home in Rhode Island, US, when the freak accident happened as she "ran behind the [ride-on lawn] mower as it was put in reverse".
She needed five operations on her leg could not be saved and medics were forced to amputate her left foot and much of her calf following the accident on August 22.
Now her mum Sarah said it is her duty to warn other mums and dads to be aware of the dangers of lawnmowers. Sarah, who lives in Massachusetts, told station WHDH Abigail was playing outside with her six-year-old sister Alexa, six, when the horror unfolded.
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