November 9, 2011
By Ken Curley, BrookingsRegister.com
A Volga man sustained a serious injury to his hand Sunday when
the shotgun he was hunting with accidentally discharged.
The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office, Brookings Ambulance and
Volga Fire Department all responded to a report about 5:25 p.m.
Sunday that Volga resident Warren Quail had been accidentally
wounded.
Quail, 58, well known in the area as the former athletic director
at Sioux Valley Schools and as a coach and educator, said he was
hunting coyotes Sunday when the mishap occurred.
Hunting alone in a field near his home, he had knelt down
momentarily, and as he rose and reached for his shotgun, the
20-gauge weapon discharged.
He was taken by ambulance to the Brookings hospital, where his
wound was treated. Quail said he lost about two-thirds of the index
finger on his left hand.
He was at home recovering from the injury Monday.
Quail, who retired from education several years ago, now works at
Daktronics in Brookings.
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