Girl is injured after sled takes flight

By Adam Sell, Globe Correspondent

A 15-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to a hospital after being injured behind a middle school in Franklin when her sled went over a jump and landed awkwardly.

Captain James Hagerty of the Franklin Fire Department said the accident happened on the popular sledding hill at the Horace Mann Middle School. The girl, whose name was not released, hit the back of her head on the jump.

Hagerty said the girl was semi-conscious when authorities arrived, but officials took no chances and rushed her to the hospital.

Hagerty did not know the girl's condition this afternoon, but said she was stable when she was transported.

Experts say that there are about 33,000 sledding injuries and 1,500 tobogganning injuries in the United States.

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