Boy (8) impaled on bicycle handlebars

Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 11:51

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NATIONAL NEWS - An 8-year-old boy was impaled by the handle bars of his bicycle yesterday afternoon (25 April).

Netcare 911 paramedics responded and treated the child, after receiving a report that he had ridden down a steep embankment when the bicycle wheel dug into a hole.

The boy was flung forward and impaled by the handle bars.

Paramedics found the child in a critical condition. An advanced life support paramedic and his crew stabilised the patient, before they transported him to a specialised hospital in Durban.

Source: Caxton publication, South Coast Sun.

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