South Africa: Child, 9, Impaled By Palisade Fence At Carletonville School

A 9-year-old girl was hospitalised on Tuesday afternoon following a freak accident at a school in Carletonville.

ER24 medics arrived on the scene at 15:04 to find that the girl had impaled her hand on a palisade fence, ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.

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