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hiking accident
Coverage of hiking accident in the Nexus archive.
- Nurse impaled by pole during hike forced to trek 10 miles for help: 'A freak thing'
A wound care clinic nurse survived a freak hiking accident where she was impaled by a pole and hiked 10 miles to safety after sustaining a serious injury.
- ER Nurse impales himself on trekking pole in freak hiking accident and miraculously climbs 10 miles for help
An ER nurse impaled himself on a trekking pole during a hiking accident and miraculously climbed 10 miles to seek help. He expressed feeling lucky, stating the outcome could have been worse.
- Second Brazilian woman plunges 100 feet to her death in freak hiking accident
A second Brazilian woman died in a hiking accident after falling 100 feet. The incident occurred while she was applying insect repellent.