Surgeons attempt to reattach fingers severed by machine

Herald staff

LAKE STEVENS — A 17-year-old youth lost at least three fingers on one hand to a log-splitting machine he was operating in the 4700 block of 123rd Avenue NE, said Deputy Fire Chief Dave Lingenfelter of Snohomish County Fire District 8.

The accident occurred at about 1:15 p.m.

The man was taken to Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus, then to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, where surgeons were attempting to reattach the fingers, Lingenfelter said.

  • Woman injured in crash: A Mill Creek woman suffered facial injuries in a one-car accident at 2:23 a.m. Saturday.

    Vernonica F. Huff, 36, was exiting the 220th Street SW offramp from I-5 when her car struck a guardrail and a light pole on the right side of the ramp, the Washington State Patrol reported.

    She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she was in serious condition. A passenger, Ryan J. Irwin, 22, of Shoreline, was treated at Northwest Hospital and released.

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