6-Year-Old Girl Suffers Foot Amputation After Mower Accident In Ridge, Airlifted To Trauma Center

RIDGE, Md. — A 6-year-old girl was seriously injured Wednesday evening, July 9, 2025, after a lawn mower accident in southern St. Mary’s County.

Crews were dispatched around 5:54 p.m. to the 13000 block of Point Lookout Road, where they arrived to find the child suffering from a traumatic foot amputation.

Firefighters quickly established a landing zone at nearby St. Michael’s School, allowing Maryland State Police Trooper 7 to respond for medevac. The child was airlifted to the trauma center at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury.

Authorities have not said how the incident occurred, and it remains under investigation.

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