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Stockport roofer hobbles to hospital - after shooting NAIL through his foot

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A roofer had to cut off his own boot with a stanley knife - after accidentally shooting a nail all the way through his toe and out the other side.

Rob Owen, 36, came by his unfortunate injury when he tripped at work in September. As he leaned forward to break his fall, he tapped the gun off his boot, which triggered the release of a high-speed 2.5 inch (6.3cm) nail straight into his left big toe. READ MORE: Mum says son's birthday ended in tears after woman sprayed fire extinguisher Working two floors up, the dad-of-two hobbled down the 20ft (6m) tall scaffolding and off to hospital.

However, Rob's problems didn't end there as medics couldn't do an X-ray while he was wearing his metal-tipped boot. Get the latest updates from across Greater

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