A 3 YEAR OLD BOY WAS SEVERELY INJURED BY A RIDING LAWN MOWER MONDAY NIGHT IN WHITFIELD COUNTY.  LANDON CRIDER WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE LAWN AS HIS GRANDMOTHER, BONNIE HAMRICK, WAS CUTTING THE GRASS. 

LANDON APPARENTLY SLIPPED IN WET GRASS AND SLID UNDER THE SPINNING BLADES.  HIS GRANDFATHER, GARY HAMRICK, IS TRAINED IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AS A FIRE FIGHTER.  HE PROVIDED IMMEDIATE CARE… THEN BRANDON WAS TRANSPORTED BY LIFEFORCE TO ERLANGER.   HIS FAMILY SAYS HE HAS SEVERAL SURGERIES AHEAD… BUT THEY BELIEVE DOCTORS WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE THE BOY’S INJURED LEFT FOOT.