By Developers Think • 09 January 2020 • 8:28
A hydraulic pedal cutter had to be used to cut the man free
In what has been described as a freak accident a man tripped over and impaled his face on the metal spike of a gate yesterday.
He was very badly injured and had to be cut free by firefighters using a hydraulic pedal cutter. He was breathing and conscious in the ambulance as the emergency services rushed him to hospital in Liverpool.
The accident happened close to the front door of a house in Church Road West, Walton at around 9pm. One eyewitness said: ‘It was shocking. ‘From what we’ve heard, the man was coming out of a house when he slipped and fell onto the spike of the railings or the gate.
‘He hurt his face quite badly. ‘I hope he makes a recovery, it’s an awful thing to happen.’ A spokeswoman for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said they were called at 9.04pm, and were on the scene seven minutes later.
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