A Rock County man is recovering from injuries he received in a snowmobile accident on Jan. 4.
Wayne Kruger was driving his snowmobile to pick up his son at the bus stop when he hit a bump in the ditch and was thrown from the machine.
According to his daughter, Justine Miller, he was found 45 minutes later lying in the ditch unable to move.
He was airlifted to Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls where doctors stabilized his head and neck and ran imaging tests that revealed a contusion to his second and third cervical vertebrae.
In a Jan. 9 social media post, Miller wrote that doctors confirmed “severe nerve damage” that may prevent feeling or movement in his arms for possibly up to a year.
Kruger, a self-employed contractor, will be unable to work while medical bills come in, so a Go Fund Me Page has been set up to collect donations.