Coroner’s Warning After Woman Is Killed by Falling on Metal Drinking Straw

Coroner’s Warning After Woman Is Killed by Falling on Metal Drinking Straw
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Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A coroner has given a warning on metal eco-straws after a woman was fatally impaled through the eye by one that was sticking out of a glass jar she was carrying.

Elena Struthers-Gardner, 60, was carrying a jar style drinking glass through her kitchen in Poole, England, last November, when she collapsed.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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