Explosion left women with fractured skull
A woman has sustained severe personal injuries, when a pipe explosion left her hospitalised with burns and a fractured skull.
The woman who is in her early fifties, had been on a holiday with her friend and their husbands, when the group were walking towards a beach down a side-street running alongside their three-star hotel when the steam-pipe exploded.
The force of the explosion knocked both women off their feet and blasted them several feet into the air. The women's husbands who were walking directly in front of their wives were fortunate not to sustain any serious injuries.
The woman was said to be in a ‘very serious’ condition and was being treated for second and third degree burns to 20 per cent of her body.
Her friend, also sustained personal injuries in the blast, to her leg and needed fifteen stitches, before she was discharged from hospital.
Katherine Allan, a personal injury lawyer, who is working with the injured woman, said: “This was a terrifying experience that could very easily have ended tragically.
“There clearly needs to be a full investigation into how this was allowed to happen. Those responsible will need to ensure that such an accident never happens again.”
Updated on 07/09/2010