Corvallis man sentenced for injuring son in drunken mower mishap

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – A Corvallis man who seriously injured his 7-year-old son in a lawn-mowing mishap has been sentenced to probation and must surrender his driver’s license for five years.
 
The Gazette-Times reports (https://is.gd/2gGEOo) Peter McManus was also ordered to undergo alcohol treatment and serve 20 days on a county work crew.
 
Authorities say McManus was driving a lawn mower while intoxicated on April 3. The boy was sitting on the hood of the machine when it hit something, possibly a rock. The child fell and his foot was severed by the blade. The foot could not be saved.
 
McManus pleaded guilty to third-degree assault. He did not speak at Tuesday’s hearing.
 
The boy’s mother spoke, asking for leniency. She said her son has been fitted with a prosthesis and spent the summer as a “happy and energetic child.”