Man's arm severed by truck

[fozzy2010]

Police are investigating reports that a 54-year-old man lost his arm while driving in Penal on Thursday.

According to initial reports, 54-year-old Liston Aberdeen was driving along the Penal Rock Road, with his hand outside his vehicle when a truck passed in the lane opposite him.

The truck came into contact with Aberdeen's right arm, severing it from just above the elbow.

The police and emergency health services were notified and the wounded man was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital where he was treated.

Up to 6:00 am Friday, Aberdeen was said to still be warded in a serious but stable condition.

Police are calling on members of the public to be wary of the dangers of driving with their arm's outside of their cars, noting that it was not an "old woman's tale" and was quite dangerous, as Aberdeen's case demonstrated.

More on this as it becomes available.

Source: http://www.looptt.com/

[MaxPower]

Damn...i hope the truck driver is okay..

[Sundar]

Too many idiots do this. I don't get why though. Door falling out?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

I always see ppl with their hand out the window while driving and wonder why they do this.

[Morpheus]

Lard just a few weeks ago I was telling someone this. All it takes is for someone to rub down your broadside and is your arm going too.
How many times you see people's wing mirrors "lick way". That means a vehicle was that close, could easily be your arm.

Real tough on him. That would have been a scary scenario for him...

[Strugglerzinc]

Whats the purpose of the pixelated pic though. Loop trolling?

[De Dragon]

Never understood why people still continue to do this. This also will most likely not deter some of them.

[L'Audi]

Hope he has the courage to HANDle it... Realities like that can be hard to get a GRIP on.

[SMc]

Whats the purpose of the pixelated pic though. Loop trolling?

Apparently he was holding a pink dildo and they could not show that for moral reasons...it was still in its hand poor fella.

[mitsutt]

Hand luck there fella.

[K74T]

I'll give him a hand for his stupidity.

[GixxerMan]

I see plenty PH drivers have that habbit

[nos_specialist]

Well you know what they say it takes two hands to clap....





On a serious note tho...thats one hell of a life changing situation..if he was right handed ouch....

[desifemlove]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

[shogun]

So, is this just a left over bad habit by older drivers from their hand turn signal days? Always wondered why drivers do this?

[Morpheus]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

Of course they can't plant it and grow a new one.

It was probably mangled where it was severed making it impossible to reattach. I dunno

[Keeshan Bachan]

That sucks. Uncle must be in serious pain. Poor guy

[nervewrecker]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

It was a dildo, you want the dildo?

[DVSTT]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

There are a lot of factors that would influence the viability of a severed limb for reattachment. Tissue condition (if the tissue had began dying due to the arm not being gotten into surgery fast enough or put on ice (not in direct contact with the ice of course), then it won't be able to be reattached as you'd risk sepsis. Also, it depends on the extent of damage to the limb as well. Given that it was hit by a truck it may have been too mangled to be viable. Additionally, if the muscles had began to deteriorate, release of the byproducts of this could have systemic consequences resulting in crush syndrome or. Similar so I'd say that would. Have to be taken into consideration when assessing limb viability.

[stev]

uncle could advertise for Timex now...with he long hand and short hand

...unless he wanna stick the remainder outside and go full binary (1 and 0)

[rspann]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

Sow? What this have to do with a female pig?

[battosai]

was he doing a hand signal?

[nervewrecker]

Hope he has the courage to HANDle it... Realities like that can be hard to get a GRIP on.

[Morpheus]

So, is this just a left over bad habit by older drivers from their hand turn signal days? Always wondered why drivers do this?

I think most of it is Saga boy ting

[De Dragon]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

Express reported that doctors were unable to reattach(sew back on) the arm.

[GixxerMan]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

Express reported that doctors were unable to reattach(sew back on) the arm.

well he certainly learned a lesson.... never put your arm out a moving vehicle, you may never get it back!....unless yuh mix with salamander.

[OuttaRoad]

Was he driving a tiida or ad wagon? i see a lot of tiida and ad wagon owners / drivers doing this now...before it used to be B13, Almera and B14 drivers...jus saying.

[Toyopet]

haha....are there no journalistic standards in this country? why have a pic of the severed arm? and won't they sow it back on? did they just leave it on the road? hahahaha.... pathetic journos.

Express reported that doctors were unable to reattach(sew back on) the arm.

well he certainly learned a lesson.... never put your arm out a moving vehicle, you may never get it back!....unless yuh mix with salamander.

Yet lic off still making you stick your hand out for hand signals

[Slartibartfast]

I always see ppl with their hand out the window while driving and wonder why they do this.

I do this all the time. The breeze felt on my arm feels like a nice massage. Relaxing to chill with you arm out the window just enjoying the breeze on the way home after a long day at work...

... however... after seeing this I'm never doing that again.

[heroyuy]

Was behind the truck when this happened. Almost ran over the hand. Guys hand was outside at a narrow part in the road. There is a narrow bridge crossing 2 cars can barely pass. It really sucks to be in that situation. Keep your hands inside always