Police release photo showing teen impaled on fence

KATU ^ | June 14, 2005 | KATU Web Staff

[kingattax]

FOREST GROVE, Ore. - A photo released by police shows the predicament an 18-year-old got himself into when he tried to make a run for it and ended up impaled on a wrought iron fence.

The incident happened last Thursday when a teenager under arrest for assault tried to flee police as he was about to be transported in a patrol car.

The teenager, who has since been identified as Cody Carlson, bolted from the car and tried to vault the fence with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Firefighters ended up having to cut out a section of the fence in order to free him, sending both Carlson and the fence to the hospital.

Doctors were able to remove the fence from Carlson's body, who survived the incident and was later booked on charges of assault, violating a restraining order and escape.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Not sure Cody will ever have an heir...probably a good thing.

[Echo Talon]

ouch.

[Fam4Bush]

ouch!

[GSlob]

One would expect an impalement to be slightly more bloody than in that photo, right?

[kingattax]

double ouch

[armymarinemom]

Ouch. I used to hate cases when folks came in with their own hardware

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Don't ya just hate it when that happens?

[Fam4Bush]

"Doctors were able to remove the fence from Carlson's body, who survived the incident and was later booked on charges of assault, violating a restraining order and escape.

Ummmmmmmmm. Shouldn't that be attempted escape?

[WorkingClassFilth]

Nice shot for the yearbook. Voted most likely.

[antiunion person]

What part of his body got impaled not to show any blood?? He couldn't have gotten hurt too badly.

[kingattax]

lol

[skinkinthegrass]

..should've jumped just a little bit higher. :D

[commonasdirt]

Ooooooooooo......That's gonna leave a mark.

[mirkwood]

I HATE ACCIDENTS

[kingattax]

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

"Take a bite out of crime!"
Stick a fork into crime, it's done!

~ Blue Jays ~

[skr]

The fence is probably plugging up the wound, at least until the none-too-bright guy was removed.

[Fabozz]

"Firefighters ended up having to cut out a section of the fence in order to free him, sending both Carlson and the fence to the hospital."

So how's the fence doing?

[Fam4Bush]

Can you imagine being transported into the hospital, attached to a wrought iron fence? Not that anybody would notice...

[kingattax]

how do you think he was transported.....on a flatbed ?

[MinuteGal]

"Don't Fence Me In (the leg)"

Leni

[dbwz]

One would expect an impalement to be slightly more bloody than in that photo, right?

From what I understand, the object that enters the body (such as a fence post or a knife) serves as a stopper for any major bleeding. When the object is removed, it's like removing the stopper and thus the danger of a lot of blood loss in a short time. That's why you'll see people brought into emergency rooms with knives still stuck in them, or in this case with fence posts still stuck in them. At least the offending object can be removed in a setting more suitable for handling a bleeding emergency.

[MinuteGal]

Whose got the pic of that Indian dude upside down with his head in the ground?

Leni

[GSlob]

I would presume that after being impaled and before that photo was taken he would try to wiggle a little, attempting to unimpale himself - and that would provide the movement around the wound.

[cvq3842]

ouch!

[Walkingfeather]

There is a rather nasty pict of a drug suspect on snopes.com that did the same thing but his head was cleanly ripped from his body. Head stuck perfectly on the fence like it was set there. NOT FOR THE QUEEZY.

[Fam4Bush]

lol

I dunno. I'd just use a hayrack.

[RIGHT IN LAS VEGAS]

I saw that photo, corn rows and all!

He jumped off a freeway embankment and was impaled thru the neck.

Perfect head on a pike photo!

[kstewskis]

Could say he is well h....

Oh never mind.

[dbwz]

I dunno - he looks like he's hung up on a section of 3 posts there, so IMHO he wasn't going to be moving around enough to cause himself any great harm - plus if the cops were chasing him it means they were right there after this happened, and they may have told him to stay as still as possible.

All in all, Mr. Carlson is one pretty lucky SOB. Lots of things had to work out just right for him to not die.

[Walkingfeather]

Yeah that sad part or not so sad .... is that their would be no doubt enough blood and oxygen in his brain for him to have seen his body lying on the ground.

[paulat]

The whole thing is "iron"-ic....

[kcvl]

A doctor I know told me about a guy who was transported to the hospital emergency room attached to a door (knob). The firefighters who "rescued" him just took the door off and brought it with him. I called him a liar but his nurses swore he was telling the truth.

[Fam4Bush]

Hey, do you think they cuffed him?

[kingattax]

lol

[kcvl]

Carrllson was arrested on assault early Thursday morning on charges for an incident in May of 2005. Police say he stabbed another person in the back with some gardening shears.

[kcvl]

[bikerman]

by now their are probably a bus load of slim bag lawyers making up a case against the fence company.

[onyx]

That's ugly. What was he running from?

[kingattax]

The incident happened last Thursday when a teenager under arrest for assault tried to flee police as he was about to be transported in a patrol car.

[cricket]

Speechless. . .and sympathies for those who had to endure getting him down and out of there. . .

[Charles Henrickson]

He needs a de-fence attorney.

[Walkenfree]

Lol
I know a great law firm: "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe".

[taxesareforever]

"I think I'll just stick around here a while and ponder life from a different perspective, upside down.

[KneelBeforeZod]

[Squantos]

Now heres a real feel good story for ya'll....

[Flyer]

To my notes I add: Don't climb fences while handcuffed.

[SeaWolf]

Darwin Award material