4 children in 6 weeks hurt in lawnmower accidents

Lock up your little ones when mowing the lawn, doctors are warning after it emerged that four children were badly injured by lawnmowers in the last six weeks.

“Lock up your children. That should be the first thing anyone does before starting the lawnmower or have a second adult supervise them,” said Dr Patricia Eadie, president of the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons (IAPS).

“In the last six weeks my colleagues and I have seen two children with horrific foot injuries where their feet went under a powered lawnmower in their homes.”