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Mumbai: Quick thinking saves arm of boy impaled by fencing rod
Updated On: 13 December, 2023 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Prasun Choudhari
Assisted by a temple priest, a carpenter cut the steel rod from its base and the two rushed the boy to a multispeciality hospital
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Sumedh Jadhav recuperating at the hospital
The presence of mind of two citizens saved the arm of a 14-year-old boy in Vasai who had accidentally got impaled by a spear-shaped fence rod. The incident happened in the premises of Gayatri temple at Om Nagar, Vasai, on Saturday. After the aarti concluded at 8.30 pm Sumedh Jadhav was among the children playing on the temple premises. Sumedh had climbed the fence and slipped on the spear-shaped rods on the fence. One of the rods pierced his arm.
Besides the temple priest, among the people who had rushed to the aid of Sumedh was carpenter Sanjay Yadav who had a shop nearby. Yadav was among those who suggested cutting the rod from its base rather than extricating the boy’s arm.
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