January 9, 2012
By Wayne Covil, WTVR.com
Sussex County, VA
A 12-year-old is just one of three victims of hunting accidents
that occurred across central Virginia on Saturday.
All three are expected to make a full recovery and all three
shootings are now under investigation with Game & Inland Fisheries
Conservation Police.
The Sussex County shooting happened around four p.m., on private
property off of Cabin Point Road.
Sergeant Tim Worrel says the 12-year-old was with a group hunting
deer, when several got between him and the shooter.
“The pellet did not penetrate the skull, it grazed the skin and
left about a four inch gash in his forehead” said Worrrel, as he
stood on a dirt road near where the shooting took place.
The young man was in a clearing when the shooting happened.
The Sussex shooting is similar to what happened Saturday in New
Kent County, when deer got between a 34-year-old victim and the
shooter, who was about 200 feet away.
The victim in that case was hit by three pellets from a shotgun
blast.
In Dinwiddie County, the victim was hit by one pellet in the
abdomen, and taken by Life EVAC helicopter to VCU Medical Center.
All three victims are expected to make a full recovery and all
three incidents are under investigation.
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