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Show New Harmony Boy Accidentally Shot While Hunting Deon Kelsey, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Veil Kelsey oi new Harmony, is reported in iair condition today at the valley View Medical Center from an accidental shotgun wound sustained Saturday, Wov. 4. The accident occured while the Kelsey youth was pheasant phea-sant hunting, alone, in the New Harmony area Saturday afternoon. After shooting a pheasant the youth had the shotgun ac-cidently ac-cidently discharge against his upper leg, inflicting a serious ser-ious wound. Deon had to travel afoot in the field to his pickup truck and drive to his home in New Harmony before he received help. He was rushed to the Val-I Val-I ley View Medical Center In Cedar Ce-dar City by his father, where he was listed initially as critical crit-ical and in shock. It is understood that phy-sicians phy-sicians believe that they will be able to save his leg, but indicate that the wound was just a fraction of an inch from a main artery, which might have been fatal, and similarly away from the area of the leg that might have resulted in the necessity of amputation. |