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Nebraska Teen Shot & Injured In Hunting Accident

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By: Jessica Cihacek

jcihacek@kcautv.com

A Nebraska teenager sustained a shotgun blast to the back of his head while pheasant hunting yesterday with his father in Page County.

18 year-old, Ryan Rearick of Omaha, Nebraska was hit in the back of the head at short range from a shotgun being carried and accidentally fired by his father, Christopher Rearick.

Ryan was immediately transported to a hospital, then airlifted to Creighton University Medical Center, where he is currently in stable condition and is expected to survive his wound.

The incident is still being investigated by the DNR.

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