Dec 1, 2020
Woman Dies After Being Impaled By Metal Straw
On 22nd November 2019, Elena Struther-Gardner, a 60-year-old woman and retired jockey from Dorset, England died from injuries resulting from carrying a cup. She was carrying a mason jar style drinking glass with a screw top lid and a 10 inch long stainless steel, reusable straw.
Ms Struther-Gardner tripped causing the straw to enter her left eye socket and pierce her brain. Her wife called an ambulance but unfortunately the injury was fatal and Ms Struther-Gardener died the next day in hospital. It was discovered that the metal straw had damaged her brain stem and the tip was touching the back of her skull.
