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| Boy, 8, is impaled on railings | Boy, 8, is impaled on railings |
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| An eight-year-old boy is being treated in hospital after he became impaled on railings in Rhondda, south Wales. | An eight-year-old boy is being treated in hospital after he became impaled on railings in Rhondda, south Wales. |
| The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to Treherbert to cut the boy free using hydraulic equipment. | The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to Treherbert to cut the boy free using hydraulic equipment. |
| It is not known how the boy came to be impaled but it happened in Miskin Street just before 1900 BST on Monday. | It is not known how the boy came to be impaled but it happened in Miskin Street just before 1900 BST on Monday. |
| The ambulance service said he was taken to the casualty department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant with the spike in situ. | The ambulance service said he was taken to the casualty department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant with the spike in situ. |
| A metal spike in a garden had gone through the boy's leg, between the tibia and fibula, the ambulance service said. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. |