A woman’s arm has been severed in a freak accident in a parked car, police say.
The 78-year-old leaned into the vehicle outside a bungalow in Hayle, west Cornwall, on Saturday afternoon. The car is then thought to have lurched forwards, trapping her arm and ripping it off.
She was airlifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth. Police said the woman had suffered “life-changing injuries”, but it was hoped that surgeons would be able to reattach the arm and she would make a good recovery.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police said: “What appears to have happened is that she leaned into the car to close the electric windows.
“She turned on the ignition to get the power for the electric windows, but unfortunately the car was in gear and lurched forward, trapping her hand or arm. In the process of doing that, it has taken her arm off.”
