(KNSI) – Just days after the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office asked high schoolers to quit playing “Senior Assassin,” a serious injury happened during the game in Sauk Rapids.
Police Chief Perry Beise says a 16-year-old from Rice was hospitalized Saturday when his friend accidentally ran him over with a vehicle. The incident happened at about 2:50 p.m. in the parking lot of South Side Park at 195 River Avenue South.
The teenager was perched on the ground next to the vehicle he had arrived in when the driver got in and went to move it to a different spot. The driver did not know the other teen was so close. The boy was taken to CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital, and the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, but he will remain under observation for the time being.
Sauk Rapids Police are asking teens to end the game. They say, at times, it verges towards being a criminal misdemeanor for disorderly conduct. Senior assassin is similar to a game of last man standing, where students try to avoid being ambushed with Nerf guns or super soakers until the end of the school year.
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