Minn. Girl recovering after tug-of-war accident
by The Associated Press

FERGUS FALLS — An 8-year-old girl from Fergus Falls is recovering from multiple surgeries after she had four fingers severed during a tug-of-war game at a charity benefit.

Alyssa Martin was at the I-94 BMX track in Fergus Falls last Friday for a "Race for Life" fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Her father is the track's director.

During an intermission, Martin was participating in a tug-of-war for kids. Her left hand was wrapped around the rope and apparently got caught, severing four fingers.

She was rushed to North Memorial Hospital in the Twin Cities, and since then has had multiple surgeries to reconstruct her fingers.

The girl's doctors are optimistic she will regain range of motion in her hand, but say they won't know for another six weeks.