Man impaled on walking frame in freak accident
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Firemen had to free a man impaled on his
walking frame in a freak accident.
The 60-year-old's upper left arm was caught in a hook on the
frame after he was thought to have fallen on it.
Firefighters had to free him by using cutting gear to break up
the wheeled frame.
The incident happened in Shepway, Kennington, at 9.30pm on
Thursday.
An Ashford Fire Station spokesman said: "By the time we got
there, the ambulance crew was already there.
"He was with his partner at the time and she raised the alarm.
It is not clear how this happened but it may have been that he had
fallen on the frame.
"The hook on it is used for holding shopping bags."
The victim was taken by ambulance to the William Harvey Hospital
in Ashford for surgeons to remove the piece of frame from his
arm.
Friday, September 10 2010
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