Firefighters take away kid’s finger from seatbelt buckle

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Firefighters in Connecticut say they had been in a position to safely take away a 5-year-old kid’s finger after it received caught in a college bus seatbelt buckle.

The Information-Occasions stories that first responders from New Fairfield and Danbury used a high-speed diamond cutter to free the unnamed baby from the buckle Friday night at Danbury Hospital.

The newspaper says firefighters tried a lot of other ways to free the finger, together with utilizing oil and ice earlier than turning to the cutter.

The process concerned putting a security guard over the kid’s finger and preserving a stream of water going over the instrument and the belt to maintain the steel from overheating.

Firefighters say the kid’s hand wasn’t injured and that his household deliberate to maintain the remaining buckle as a reminder of the ordeal.

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Info from: The Information-Occasions, http://www.newstimes.com