Chris Botha, Media Liaison Officer at Netcare 911, reports:

At 19h15 on Saturday night Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a call in Flora Park, Polokwane to assist a female who was impaled on a palisade fence. Reports from the incident indicate that the thirty-four-year-old female was trying to climb over the fence when she slipped, her leg was then impaled by one of the fence posts.

A bystander that was passing the house heard the desperate call of the injured female and called the 082-911 emergency number. Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the fence had pierced through the female’s upper leg.

The paramedics called for assistance and a paramedic living close by brought them a hacksaw . The patient was treated and after giving her pain medication, medics had to cut the metal pole off to free her from the fence.

At 20h30, after an hour, the team managed to free the lady. After she was stabilised they transported her to a local hospital for further care.