A man was left with a giant splinter this week after his paraglider crashed into a forest. And by ‘giant splinter’, we mean he was literally skewered by a tree branch. Woman shot husband dead because he had been beating their cat Ivan Krasouski had been flying near the village of Loshany in Belarus when a strap snapped on his paraglider and he lost control, falling into woodland. Shocking pictures show how a tree branch impaled into his shoulder as he crashed. Rescuers were later forced to cut him free from the wreckage of his machine – but could not free him from the giant splinter.
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Doctors later managed to remove the log and Ivan is now recovering.Instead, paramedics rushed both Ivan and the giant log – still embedded in his shoulder – to hospital. He posed for pictures as he waited to have the branch removed by emergency ward medics. Stunning footage shows 1,500 dolphins playing with baby humpback whale Speaking to local news stations, he said: ‘I was flying and crashed onto pine trees. ‘I [remember] thinking: “I fell so softly, all is okay”. But as I went to stand up and go, something held me back. ‘I looked and it was a giant log there. ‘I tore my shirt and there was a branch in my arm, thick as a watermelon.’ Rescuers were later forced to cut him free from the wreckage of his machine – but could not free him from the giant splinter.
‘He sawed off the log from one side, then from the other. Many people came. I told them – “Take out this splinter”, and they would say “No, are you crazy?” Astonishingly, Ivan said he found the whole situation ‘funny’ – and later compared himself to American cartoon superhero Groot. ‘My classmate arrived. He works as a rescuer,’ he said. West Ham’s new manager and his wife held at gunpoint in Chile ‘He sawed off the log from one side, then from the other. Many people came. I told them – “Take out this splinter”, and they would say “No, are you crazy?” ‘If we take it away, you’ll bleed to death. ‘I was like – “I am Groot!’ And I went to the ambulance with this log embedded in me.’ Doctors later managed to remove the log and Ivan is now recovering.
METRO
