A child in Penobscot County was critically injured in an incident involving a lawn tractor Thursday evening, according to authorities.
First responders were called around 6 p.m. to a home on Stetson Road in Kenduskeag, north of Bangor, where a young child was hurt in “an accident involving a lawn tractor,” according to a social media post from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.
The child, whose age was not released, was taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
“Out of respect for the child, their family, the first responders , and hospital personnel involved, no further information will be released at this time,” the sheriff’s office post read.