Boy severs arm in pasta machine

Right arm got caught, severed at elbow

A teenage employee at an Italian restaurant in northern New York has severed his arm while cleaning a pasta machine.

The 17-year-old boy is in serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was flown after the Thursday night accident.

The restaurant manager tells The Watertown Daily Times the boy was cleaning the pasta machine when his right arm got caught and severed at the elbow.