Drunk Brit impales himself on fence
published : 8 Apr 2024 at 08:37
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A drunk British man suffered a serious injury after he impaled himself on a pointed iron fence at his home in Pattaya.
Paramedics were called to Choke Chai Garden Home 2 in tambon Nong Pru in the early morning hours on Sunday and found the man on the fence, with one of the railings piercing his belly. The rescuers helped lift the man off the railing, gave him first aid and sent him to hospital. The man's wound was about five to six inches deep.
The injured man was identified as Michael Girling, aged 65.
According to local media reports, the man initially tried to open the gate to his house, but was too drunk to do so. He then reportedly decided to climb over the fence, slipped and impaled himself on its top.
A neighbour said she heard someone moaning and walked out of her home to investigate. She found the man stuck on the fence, rushed to find a ladder to rescue him and called paramedics.
Vocabulary
- belly (noun): the area on the skin on the outside of the body near the stomach -
- fence: a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary, or around a garden/yard, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out - รั้ว
- impale: when something like a sword, spike or iron bar passed through a person - แทง
- moan: to make a long low sound of pain, suffering or another strong emotion - คราง, ร้องครวญคราง
- paramedic: someone who is trained to give medical treatment to people at the place where an accident has happened - ทีมแพทย์ช่วยชีวิต
- pierce: to go into or through something, making a hole in it using a sharp point - แทง, ทิ่ม, ปัก, เสียบ, เจาะ
- railing (noun): a fence made of vertical metal bars; one of these bars - ราวลูกกรง, รั้วซี่กรง
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
