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Turtle falls off building, hits girl on head in Chongqing
By Wang Xiang |
July 21, 2009, Tuesday
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A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was rushed to hospital in Chongqing Municipality with a concussion and temporary memory loss after a turtle fell from a building and hit her on the head.
The pet turtle fell from a 17-story building around 9:10 am when the girl was walking home with her aunt after breakfast, but it remained unknown which floor it fell from, Chongqing Morning Post reported today.
The girl initially could not remember anything, including her name or where she lived, Zhai Xuan, the girl's doctor was quoted as saying by the newspaper. Zhai said that was typical of a concussion.
Her memory was slowly returning after staying with her family. A CT scan showed that her brain was intact though she had a five-centimeter by three-centimeter gash on her forehead.
Zhai told the newspaper the girl would have a permanent scar on her forehead although it was too soon to say whether her temporary memory loss would further affect her.
No one in the building claimed responsibility for the accident, the report said.
Her aunt told the newspaper the incident happened so fast that she hardly noticed. The girl dropped to her knees after a loud bang and she saw a turtle bouncing on the ground as her niece's head began to bleed. She was rushed to hospital in 10 minutes.
The turtle was the size of an adult man's palm. The red-footed tortoise was smashed open on impact with the girl's head. It was preserved in a refrigerator as evidence, the report said.
The building's property management company talked to apartment owners about the accident. The company also sent guards out to track down the turtle owner.
Liu Xingbing, the girl's father, told the newspaper he would sue every apartment owner in the building for compensation if an investigation failed to find the turtle's owner.
Zhao Yilan, a lawyer from Chongqing Ruihai law firm, was quoted as saying that the residents living in the building have to prove their innocence under civil law. If they fail to do so, or find the real turtle owner, they would have to share responsibility for compensation.
The pet turtle fell from a 17-story building around 9:10 am when the girl was walking home with her aunt after breakfast, but it remained unknown which floor it fell from, Chongqing Morning Post reported today.
The girl initially could not remember anything, including her name or where she lived, Zhai Xuan, the girl's doctor was quoted as saying by the newspaper. Zhai said that was typical of a concussion.
Her memory was slowly returning after staying with her family. A CT scan showed that her brain was intact though she had a five-centimeter by three-centimeter gash on her forehead.
Zhai told the newspaper the girl would have a permanent scar on her forehead although it was too soon to say whether her temporary memory loss would further affect her.
No one in the building claimed responsibility for the accident, the report said.
Her aunt told the newspaper the incident happened so fast that she hardly noticed. The girl dropped to her knees after a loud bang and she saw a turtle bouncing on the ground as her niece's head began to bleed. She was rushed to hospital in 10 minutes.
The turtle was the size of an adult man's palm. The red-footed tortoise was smashed open on impact with the girl's head. It was preserved in a refrigerator as evidence, the report said.
The building's property management company talked to apartment owners about the accident. The company also sent guards out to track down the turtle owner.
Liu Xingbing, the girl's father, told the newspaper he would sue every apartment owner in the building for compensation if an investigation failed to find the turtle's owner.
Zhao Yilan, a lawyer from Chongqing Ruihai law firm, was quoted as saying that the residents living in the building have to prove their innocence under civil law. If they fail to do so, or find the real turtle owner, they would have to share responsibility for compensation.
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