{"id":44306,"date":"2014-09-03T10:46:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44306"},"modified":"2014-09-03T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T10:46:31","slug":"why-you-shouldt-text-and-drive-mum-ends-up-with-pole-in-buttocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=44306","title":{"rendered":"Why you should’t text and drive: Mum ends up with pole in buttocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman crashed her car trying to send a text message while driving – and ended up with a pole through her buttocks.<\/p>\n

Christina Jahnz said she was late for a meeting after dropping her daughter off at school in Elizabeth, Colorado, when she attempted to send a voice text through her mobile phone.<\/p>\n

But in glancing down, she took her eyes off the road and ended up crashing into a guardrail.<\/p>\n

The impact forced the wooden beam through her car and into her thigh and buttocks.<\/p>\n

Firefighter were forced to cut either end of the pole before transporting Ms Jahnz to hospital where it was removed in surgery.<\/p>\n

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Lucky: Doctors said Christina was fortunate the pole missed major arteries –\u00a0KUSA-TV<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ms Jahnz, who is expected to make a full recovery, said: “I lost count of the number of stitches after 40.”<\/p>\n

Doctors said she was extremely lucky the pole missed her major arteries.<\/p>\n

The mum – who spent four days in hospital – is now advising others to learn from her mistake.<\/p>\n

“It’s devastating knowing that I could have prevented it to begin with. I just hope my story helps to save the lives of others. Don’t text and drive,” Jahnz told 9 News.<\/p>\n

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Source: Mirror.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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