CHILD INJURED SLEDDING

Sheffield Village – Firefighters from the Sheffield Village Fire Department didn’t have to go far Monday afternoon when the call came in for a child that had been injured while sledding – the accident took place at James Day Park, right behind their station.

Firefighters were lead to the child by adults at the top of the sledding hill. After treating the child in the park Firefighters extricated the child from the woods on their own sled to an awaiting ambulance.

The child was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. This was not the first time this season that Firefighters had to respond to the park for a sledding injury.

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