Woman recovers at home after being impaled in neck by tree branch
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In this image made from video, Michelle Childers, 20, is seen in St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont. after she was impaled by a 13-inch spruce branchon Sept. 5, 2009 while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River near the Idaho-Montana border. Childers says the 13-inch tree limb was removed from her neck during a six-hour surgery. She is recovereing at home. (AP Photo/ via KHQ TV)
KAMIAH, Idaho- An Idaho woman who was skewered in the neck by a tree limb while driving with her husband along the Lochsa River is recovering at home.
KHQ-TV reports 20-year-old Michelle Childers and her husband, Daniel, were taking a recreational drive on a rural road Sept. 5 when a spruce tree crashed through the passenger side window of the vehicle.
Childers says she then felt a "strange" pressure on her neck and shoulder. Her husband told her that the tree limb had impaled her. The couple drove to the Lochsa Lodge near the Idaho-Montana border to call for help and was flown by helicopter to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont.
Childers says the 13-inch tree limb was removed from her neck during a six-hour surgery.
Posted in Montana on Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:10 pm Updated: 4:31 pm. | Tags:
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