This is one of most genuinely bizarre accidents I’ve ever read about.
I’ve seen one or two in my lifetime, as well. And this one is genuinely miraculous, as well.
It has a “happy” ending!
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Arizona man impaled through skull with pruning shears
By Tim Gaynor | Reuters – 9 hrs ago –
This CT scan of the skull of an Arizona man impaled through the skull in a freak gardening accident is shown in this photograph provided to Reuters August 30, 2011 by University Medical Center. Leroy Luetscher, 86-year-old, accidentally impaled his eye with pruning shears in an gardening accident July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Courtesy University Medical Center/Handout
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) – An 86-year-old Arizona man who was impaled through the skull with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident was expected to make a full recovery, his doctors said.
Leroy Luetscher dropped a pair of pruning shears while working in his yard in Green Valley, south of Tucson, on July 30, the University Medical Center in Tucson said in a news release.
The shears landed in the ground point downward. When Luetscher bent down to pick them up, he Read the rest of this entry »
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