NewsJune 30, 2008
Girl, 3, falls from mom's car on country road near Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A 3-year-old girl is suffering from road burns after falling out of her mother's moving vehicle along a country road north of Springfield. Greene County sheriff's deputies said the child's mother called 911 Monday morning to report that the girl had jumped from the moving car near the Fellows Lake Recreational Area. The child turned up at a neighbor's home...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A 3-year-old girl is suffering from road burns after falling out of her mother's moving vehicle along a country road north of Springfield.
Greene County sheriff's deputies said the child's mother called 911 Monday morning to report that the girl had jumped from the moving car near the Fellows Lake Recreational Area. The child turned up at a neighbor's home.
Neighbor Cleo Link said he found the girl "scratching" at his door at about 7:30 a.m. Link said "She had scratches on her back, like pavement burns."
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The woman's car was parked six-tenths of a mile from Link's house.
Link said the girl was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
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Information from The Springfield News-Leader: http://www.news-leader.com
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