woman survives being impaled in neck by tree branch

[Amby 490]

A joy ride through the wilderness of Northern Idaho turned into a nightmare for 22-year-old Michelle Childers and her husband after a tree branch came crashing through a window of their truck — impaling Michelle in the neck.

Childers and her husband Daniel were driving along the Lochsa River in the mountains of North Central Idaho on Sept. 5 when the accident happened, KHQ-TV reported.

Michelle Childers literally didn't know what hit her.

"I asked (my husband) ‘what where is it?’ "Childers told the news station.

Her husband answered, "It's in your neck."

About an hour after the incident, Childers and her husband arrived at Lochsa Lodge near the Idaho/Montana border where a helicopter and ambulance were immediately called in.

Childers was airlifted to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont., where she underwent a six-hour operation to remove the 13-inch Spruce tree branch from her neck.

She’s now recovering at home.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,550963,00.html

Edited September 18, 2009 by Amby

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

She was prolly aimin a little lower.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

comon bamby I know your out there

[Nagishkaw 510]

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[meowmeowmeow 1]

holy #######!!!

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

she got wood.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Eric's wife survived being impaled by him.

[Sandrila 1]

Good God!

freaky

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

probably not quite the stiff one she wanted in her throat.

[HAL 9000 96]

Ughhh... hope she heals fast.

[Danno 1,228]

I dated a teacher once who tripped over a students foot and fell on the scissors she had in her hand.

As she opened her hand in front of her to soften the fall the scissors went right in her throat and actually broke.

One person wanted to remove it as they waited for help but another said "don't".

As it turns out, she would have bleed to death in minutes had it been removed as it was in an artery.

Moral of this story... if something is stuck in you like that, don't remove it if at all possible.

(Okay Charles put your pervy spin to this)

[Danno 1,228]

Another amazing story.

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[ScottThuy 140]

News at Noon:.. "When trees fight back!"

We were just driving down the road minding our own business and this tree attacked my wife!

[Ban Hammer 13,347]

I dated a teacher once who tripped over a students foot and fell on the scissors she had in her hand.

As she opened her hand in front of her to soften the fall the scissors went right in her throat and actually broke.

One person wanted to remove it as they waited for help but another said "don't".

As it turns out, she would have bleed to death in minutes had it been removed as it was in an artery.

Moral of this story... if something is stuck in you like that, don't remove it if at all possible.

(Okay Charles put your pervy spin to this)

i've tried telling the wife that, but she's usually holding scissors......

[Peikko 1,575]

Wow, those pictures are freaky too.