Lead in the head….watch it!
July 27th, 2009
Long Island, New York
Well, we all joke about it, but really, not much funny about taking 3 ounces in the grill. Especially when it lodges into your brain from your face.
Original story brought to you from Long Island New York.
MAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY LEAD FISHING WEIGHT
MELVILLE, N.Y. — A man fishing off Long Island is dead after a 3-ounce lead fishing weight attached to his pole struck him in the face and dug into his brain.
Relatives and a physician say Roosevelt resident Jaime (Hai-MEH) Chicas (CHEEK-ahs) died Tuesday from severe head trauma and herniation.
A neurologist at Nassau University Medical Center says the lead weight from Chicas’ fishing pole hit with “so much force that it kept going” and lodged in the back of his head.
Relatives say the 21-year-old was fishing with his brother-in-law and cousin at the west end of Jones Beach Friday when the accident happened.
Lead sinkers are commonly used by fishermen to sink lures more rapidly.
Now, that is some bizarre fishing news from the Associated Press, NY.~Can you imagine what one of our 8ouncers would do to a head?
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