Woman Impaled While Trying To Hop Fence

wftv ^ | Dec 26 | Weird News In Pictures

[SLB]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police are investigating after a woman was impaled on her neighbor's wrought iron fence the same day the neighbor's home was robbed, KMBC reported.

Mary Beth Byers, 37, was trying to climb over the fence when she was impaled on it early Thursday morning. Her husband heard her screaming and found Byers stuck in the fence. He supported her to prevent the iron spike from impaling Byers further while waiting for paramedics to arrive.

A resident who witnessed the incident said the woman had slipped 6 to 8 inches down on the fence. Gail Stark, the victim's mother, said paramedics had to remove part of the fence to free the impaled woman.

She was taken to an area hospital, where she was listed in serious condition.

Byers told authorities she went to her neighbor's house to return some garage sale items. But later in the day, the neighbor, who lives in the 1200 block of Northeast 81st Street, reported that her home had been robbed. Police are looking into the incident.

[Lazamataz]

If those are the fence, is each spike a fent?

[fhayek]

Exactly what part of this woman's body was impaled?

'm not sure, but I understand that they brought the fence up on a rape charge.

[Consort]

Good-neighbor fence.
...Just call her "Spike".

[thesummerwind]

I want to get a fence that has a runway for Radioactive Pit Bulls

How about a fence in a Chappaqua neighborhood that emits a poisonous gas when 'a wideload' gets within 50 feet of it?

[joesnuffy]

she was 'wrought' by guilt

[csvset]

Here's a link

Police Find Home Invasion Suspect Impaled On Fence

[Blue Screen of Death]

If she lived in Massachusetts, she could divorce her husband and marry the fence.

[Embedded Freeper]

Okey Dokey

What a novel way to get a new piercing.

I'd love to see the ring for that one.

;o)

[al baby]

she was 'wrought' by guilt

If she goes to jail should we "Picket"

[coloradan]

What if i hid in the bafroom ?

Then it still wouldn't be robbery. Though there might be a witness depending on whether or not the baftub were transparent.

[al baby]

what if they were terd buglars?

[Lurking in Kansas]

Hadn't heard this on local news yet.. LOL KCMO is full of weird people...

I saw it on TV, either late last night or early this morning, can't remember -- believe it was on KMBC. They showed her 'wiggling'. It was shot from a distance and couldn't see the face, but it was still gross.

Probably will be on again tonight at 6:00/10:00. Can’t let good film like that go to waste. (/sarcasm) :-,

[kaylar]

Thanks! I knew it wasn't just my sick, twisted mind making me believe this has happened before, and recently too.

[Charles Henrickson]

She needs a de-fence attorney.

[sweetliberty]

That had to hurt!

[sweetliberty]

Ping you two!

[MinuteGal]

Pickett's Charge pales in comparison to this.

(two puns in one sentence....how ma dooin?)

Leni

[small voice in the wilderness]

BWHAHAHAHAHA!!! She'll get off easy, I'm sure this is her first of-fence.

[mel]

I know I read a story about deer impaling themselves on an iron fence repeatedly, the neighborhood finally agreed to remove the fence. well, i won't go into further detail because of the mental image. now I wish I didn't read that story. Sometimes I read stuff like that and I wonder why did I read that, I knew it was going to be a horror story and there is nothing I can do about it.

[muir_redwoods]

On that topic there was a house break-in in Rhode Island a few years ago where the cops responded to an alarm. One of the perps tried to escape over a similar fence and left behind some very important biological recreational equipment. Oddly enough his name was Johnson and I believe he's working in the prison system as a catcher these days.

Very high price to pay for some household goods.