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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police documents say a northern Utah sheriff lost part of his left hand, including at least three fingers, in an Idaho hunting accident.
The Logan Herald-Journal reports the documents shed light on the October accident that happened when Cache County Sheriff Chad Jensen's shotgun accidently discharged during a goose hunting trip near Soda Springs, Idaho.
The report from the Caribou County Sheriff's Office says Jensen was in a camouflaged hunting pit with his daughter when the gun went off.
Jensen told an investigator he wasn't sure what happened, but the weapon may have gotten caught on an ammunition canister when Jensen reached up to close the lid of the pit.
He was flown to Salt Lake City for surgery in stable condition.
Jensen declined to comment to the newspaper.
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