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| Plank sawn off from girl's skull | Plank sawn off from girl's skull |
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| Firefighters were called to saw off a 7ft plank after it fell onto a young girl, embedding two nails in her skull. | Firefighters were called to saw off a 7ft plank after it fell onto a young girl, embedding two nails in her skull. |
| Naomi Easton, 11, had been building a shelter in woods in Pumpherston, West Lothian with a group of friends when the plank fell on her. | |
| "Someone ran up the ramp and a stick fell onto my head... that's when I started screaming," she said. | |
| The wood had to be sawn by firefighters as, due to its length, it would not fit into the ambulance. | The wood had to be sawn by firefighters as, due to its length, it would not fit into the ambulance. |
| Naomi was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. She was discharged after treatment. | |
| The plank of wood became nailed to Naomi's head | |
| She told BBC Scotland: "I just remember sitting under the sticks that were piled up, then someone ran up the ramp and a stick fell onto my head. | She told BBC Scotland: "I just remember sitting under the sticks that were piled up, then someone ran up the ramp and a stick fell onto my head. |
| "That's when I started screaming. But we didn't know there were any nails in it. I got quite scared. | "That's when I started screaming. But we didn't know there were any nails in it. I got quite scared. |
| "Some of the people that were there went to get their mum. Then the ambulance came and that was it." | "Some of the people that were there went to get their mum. Then the ambulance came and that was it." |
| "It was quite sore and painful. | "It was quite sore and painful. |
| "Today, I feel a little bit sore but I'm just glad that I'm still here and I've got my mum." | "Today, I feel a little bit sore but I'm just glad that I'm still here and I've got my mum." |
| Ewan Finlay, 10, who ran for help, said: "We were playing and just heard a scream and it was Naomi. She said she had a nail in her head. | Ewan Finlay, 10, who ran for help, said: "We were playing and just heard a scream and it was Naomi. She said she had a nail in her head. |
| "It was very strange as one minute we were happy then the next we heard a scream." | "It was very strange as one minute we were happy then the next we heard a scream." |