Horse rider forced to 'hold up her own head' after suffering broken neck

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Kayate wrote on 2010-10-26 19:20

A horse rider suffered such a severely broken neck in a horrific riding accident that she was forced to 'pick up her own head'.
Thea Maxfield, who suffered a clean 'hangman's break' when she fell from her dressage horse, tried to get out of the animal's way as it galloped around after the fall.
But when she attempted to pick herself up, the horrified 26-year-old found her head stayed where it was.Realising she had to move or risk being stomped on by her horse, named Fiorella, Thea cupped her hands around her own head and lifted it into place in an effort to avoid damaging her spinal cord.
She said: 'As soon as I came off the horse I knew something was wrong. I went to get up but my head stayed on the floor.
'I couldn't move my neck or my head and I had to literally pick my head up and carry it in my hands
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Hangman's fracture: Woman forced to 'hold her own head up' after breaking her neck | Mail Online
:shock2:
Shirayuki wrote on 2010-10-26 19:24

:scare:

Ouch.
Hiccup wrote on 2010-10-26 19:36

O_o so creepy
Kayate wrote on 2010-10-26 19:37

Quote from Bieber;194942:
O_o so creepy

your creepy

and I never knew that can happen to a person without dying O_o
Time wrote on 2010-10-26 19:51

This...Is possible?
Zid wrote on 2010-10-26 22:51

Quote from Timexpo;194951:
This...Is possible?

The spine connecting to the head has to be broken, but the spinal cord needs to remain intact, I think.
EienNoTsubasa wrote on 2010-10-28 20:34

OMG!
Can that happen when you hang people from trees...?
If so...no hanging! >:O
Time wrote on 2010-10-28 20:45

wait, how was she breathing?
starpaw7 wrote on 2010-11-01 15:06

I have a friend who had a bone in their neck break; I thought if your neck broke then you're dead, but that's not always the case

Should this be in the "News" section :what:
Taycat wrote on 2010-11-01 15:38

Quote from kayate;194943:
your creepy

and I never knew that can happen to a person without dying O_o

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One kid actually survived.