Beau
31st January 2008, 08:40 AM
> This is an actual emergency room photo of a fisherman who lost control
> of his high-speed boat in West Virginia.
> Wardens believe that he was travelling approximately 75 mph at the
> time of the accident. He was unable to negotiate a curve in the narrow
> waterway.
>
> Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected
> from the boat, he landed bottom end first on an old fence post.
>
> You can probably see from the picture what happened next, but the
> attached picture really says it all. The good news is that after about
> 6 months, this man made a full recovery after suffering a shattered
> hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal injuries and soft
> tissue damage.
>
> Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself
> so tightly that there was little or no blood loss. Now that's got to
> hurt!!!
> of his high-speed boat in West Virginia.
> Wardens believe that he was travelling approximately 75 mph at the
> time of the accident. He was unable to negotiate a curve in the narrow
> waterway.
>
> Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected
> from the boat, he landed bottom end first on an old fence post.
>
> You can probably see from the picture what happened next, but the
> attached picture really says it all. The good news is that after about
> 6 months, this man made a full recovery after suffering a shattered
> hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal injuries and soft
> tissue damage.
>
> Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself
> so tightly that there was little or no blood loss. Now that's got to
> hurt!!!