Student loses leg after alleged incident with school employee [View all]

A 13-year-old boy had his right leg amputated below the knee Tuesday at an Atlanta hospital as a result of an incident with a former school contract worker, the child’s attorney said.

The student was injured in September when he was “thrown to the floor” multiple times by a contract employee at a Columbus school, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The person involved in the alleged incident no longer is associated with the Muscogee County School District, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The boy’s attorney, Renee Tucker, said Wednesday that the boy likely will remain at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, where the amputation took place, for an additional 30 days. Physical therapy likely will be necessary before he can return home.

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