What happened to cause a girl and her father to be hurt while hunting in Indiana County?
A 10-year-old Armstrong County girl’s first hunting trip ended Monday morning when her gun discharged, wounding her and her father. Allyssa and Wayne Trask, of Freeport, were perched in a tree stand in Indiana County on the first day of firearms deer season when her rifle fired. Wayne Trask’s uncle, Preston Boarts, was in a stand about a half-mile away when he received a call on his cell phone from his nephew. “That was the last thing I expected,” Boarts said. “He’s telling me the gun fell out of the stand. He said, ‘Hurry up, I need help.’ “I dropped everything,” Boarts said. Allyssa was taken to Children’s Hospital for an injury to the ring finger of her left hand. Wayne Trask was flown to Allegheny General Hospital, where surgeons worked on his right knee. Allyssa lost part of her finger, “from her knuckle to the end of her finger,” Boarts said. Trask “shattered his whole kneecap and has some broken bones in his (right) hand.” According to Indiana County 911, the accident occurred s
Written by Bill Davis Tuesday, 01 December 2009 06:54 A ten-year-old from the Freeport area and her father were injured, Monday, when the youngster’s gun fell and discharged while they were hunting in Indiana County. The Game Commission reports the accident happened while both were in a tree stand off Route 119, in Center Township, north of Blairsville. Alyssa Trask lost part of a finger. Wayne Trask’s knee was injured. Both were taken to hospitals in Pittsburgh for treatment. Sources: http://www.insidebutlercounty.com/index.
“The daughter’s gun accidentally discharged and struck the girl in the hand, and the father was struck in the right leg and the right hand,” Gearhart said. “When I got there, a couple of other hunters got the daughter down (from the tree stand), but we still had to extricate the father.” The tree stand was located about a mile and a half off Route 119. The rural area forced emergency personnel to ride off the road in four-wheel-drive vehicles to reach the victims. Sources: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_655540.html?
