Woman’s neck impaled after falling on garden stake in backyard

The woman was gardening when she fell onto the tool, plunging it into her neck.

A woman has been impaled in the neck by a garden tool. Picture: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue

An elderly woman was impaled through the neck after falling onto a tool while gardening.

The woman, aged in her 80s, was gardening on Tuesday afternoon at her Fraser Coast home when she fell onto the tool, impaling her through the neck.

She was transported to hospital in an ambulance but doctors were unable to safely remove the long metal bar protruding from her neck.

An elderly woman was flown to hospital after being impaled by a garden tool. Picture: Alistair Brightman

“The metal garden stake was about 150cm long and sticking out of her neck until the hospital medical team cut it back to about 15cm to make it easier to manage her treatment and transfer,” RACQ LifeFlight Aircrew Officer Scott Reeman said.

The Sunshine Coast-based rescue helicopter crew then flown her to Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital about 8pm.

She arrived in a stable condition for further treatment.

Originally published as Woman’s neck impaled after falling on garden stake in backyard