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Man spends night stuck on fence | Man spends night stuck on fence |
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A pensioner is recovering in hospital after spending eight hours stuck upside down on a wire fence. | A pensioner is recovering in hospital after spending eight hours stuck upside down on a wire fence. |
Kenneth Bain - who is thought to be in his 80s - was crossing a stile on open land near Dornoch in the Highlands on Tuesday night when he fell. | Kenneth Bain - who is thought to be in his 80s - was crossing a stile on open land near Dornoch in the Highlands on Tuesday night when he fell. |
He got one leg caught on the top of the fence and was found the following morning by a farmer. | He got one leg caught on the top of the fence and was found the following morning by a farmer. |
Mr Bain was said to be in a comfortable condition in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. | Mr Bain was said to be in a comfortable condition in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. |
It is the third such incident of its kind in the past two years. | |
A man from a Caithness nursing home was found caught on a fence near Wick. | |
In January 2006, a war hero was trapped on a barbed-wire fence in sub-zero temperatures for 20 hours. | |
Willie Fraser, 83, had to have a leg amputated but died in hospital 18 weeks after his ordeal in Inverness. | Willie Fraser, 83, had to have a leg amputated but died in hospital 18 weeks after his ordeal in Inverness. |
He had suffered frostbite and extreme hypothermia when he was found upside down beside Torvean Golf Course. | He had suffered frostbite and extreme hypothermia when he was found upside down beside Torvean Golf Course. |
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