With all the shit that goes on today, this is what it is all about. Really proud of these boys.

https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/new...72-8f720b6748be.html

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY — The quick thinking of two local deputies saved the life of a young girl Thursday afternoon.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department says Corporal Zack Dunigan and Deputy Kenneth Baldwin responded to a house in the 6000 block of Old Mayfield Road for a distress call involving a small child. They say they didn't know the nature of the call until they arrived minutes later.

Once on scene, officers say they found a one and a half year old girl had been riding with an adult on a zero-turn lawnmower. The child fell from the lawnmower and was then struck in the leg by the blades, causing serious and life threatening injuries.

Corporal Dunigan and Deputy Baldwin say they quickly applied a Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) to the child's leg to control the bleeding.


Deputies say the child was quickly taken to a local hospital by ambulance. Due to the inclement weather Thursday, she was unable to be flown to a Nashville area children's hospital. Instead the McCracken County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police escorted the ambulance to the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. Then the Tennessee Highway Patrol escorted the ambulance the rest of the way to the hospital.

The sheriff's department says all members of the department are issued a CAT, as well as a belt holster for incidents like this one.

The sheriff's office would like to thank the Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital emergency room staff, Mercy Regional Ambulance, McCracken County Deputy Coroner and Paducah Firefighter Jake Blackwell, as well as KSP and THP for their help in saving the life of this little girl.

“I’m proud of the fast actions by all involved in this incident and by all reported accounts, their quick actions saved this young girls life. Corporal Dunigan and Deputy Baldwin were truly real life hero’s yesterday. I ask that the community please keep this child and the family in your thoughts and prayers as they face the days ahead” - Sheriff Matt Carter

The sheriff's office says the child is out of surgery and in stable condition.

In 2020 alone, the sheriff's department says 16 of the department's employees received Life Saving Awards.

WOW, great job from the deputies!!!

Thank you for posting.

The Quick Life Saving actions of those Deputies should be Absolutely Commended, but...

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Once on scene, officers say they found a one and a half year old girl had been riding with an adult on a zero-turn lawnmower

The 'life changing' ABSOLUTE Stupidity of whomever thought it was a good idea to take that 1 1/2 YO little girl for a ride on a ZT Mower...well, I have NO Words!

Indeed, kudos to the LEOs and medical staff!!!

Whoever let that kid ride that mower should be in jail for terminal stupidity!

Or should I say criminal stupidity?

Good grief. What kind of knucklehead would drive one of those with a child? Thank the Lord above for our law enforcement officers.

Accolades to the officers, hospital ER staff, , firefighter and McCracken County Deputy Coroner.

Well done and saved that innocent little life!

About the coroner. I have might have questions ...

Great job Deputies!!!!!!

These stories absolute me burn me up!!!!!!! Lawnmowers with blades running and little kids/babies on them.
Your deputies are lucky.
We were not so lucky on the same call a few years back.
That call still haunts many and always will.

great job by the deputies

lousy job by the parents

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
... Lawnmowers with blades running and little kids/babies on them. ...

I see it a lot and I hate it. I just hate it. I have no idea how someone can think that's a good idea.

So sorry that you had to go through that.

I remember a young mother, maybe 35 years back who was mowing with a rider. One of her 3 daughters was hit by the tractor. The mother panicked and threw the mower across the lawn running. The little girl lost 2 or 3 toes and the back of her heal. Horrible just to think about it.

Zero turn are the worst idea for giving a kid a ride since both hands are occupied to steer. Much worse than driving a tractor one handed and holding a kid with the other.

I think we can all agree that having a small child on a mower is stupid. But the Deputies didn't have time to think about what should not have happened, they needed to deal with what did happen. Great job Deputies! Thanks for posting this, we need to counter all the MSM reports that all cops are screw ups. That is just not true!
Rod

Awesome job LEO’s!

Have carried and used a cat, surprised it was small enough to apply adequate pressure on a leg that small

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Corporal Dunigan and Deputy Baldwin

Hopefully soon it will be Sergeant Dunigan and Sergeant Baldwin. These guys deserve it.

Makes me proud

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Originally posted by captain127:
Have carried and used a cat, surprised it was small enough to apply adequate pressure on a leg that small

That’s what I was thinking. Maybe they had to make a couple of wraps around her leg before tightening it.