VERMILION, Ohio (AP) - Police in northern Ohio say a woman on a riding lawn mower accidentally ran over her 4-year-old daughter, critically injuring the girl.

The accident happened Monday at a home in Vermilion, a small city west of Cleveland along Lake Erie. Vermilion police say the girl apparently was playing with a toy and got near the mower without being spotted by her mother, who backed up the vehicle.

Sgt. Jeff Chandler tells The Morning Journal (http://bit.ly/JYz2S2) in nearby Lorain that the girl was knocked over and her feet became caught under the mower blades. She was flown to a children's hospital in Cleveland in critical condition.

No update on her condition was available Tuesday morning.

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