Man left hanging upside down for FIVE days after he's impaled on fence has both legs amputated
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man whose legs became impaled on a fence says he spent five days 'hanging upside down' while his cries for help went unheard.
Dale Whitehurst had to have both his legs amputated following the terrifying ordeal, which left him hallucinating in the baking heat with no food or water for a total of 112 hours.
The 44-year-old said he had tried to take a short cut over a seven-foot metal palisade security fence while walking home near to Wolstanton Retail Park in Stoke-on-Trent last June. READ MORE: Twin brothers, 11, unable to smile due to incurable disease As he attempted to climb over it, Dale slipped, sending metal spikes straight through both of his ankles.
He told the Mirror that he smashed his head, knocking him out, while his jeans twisted around his ankles, cutting the blood flow to his feet. “When I woke I was upside down impaled and could not feel my legs.
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