A London man was knocked unconscious after a trampolining accident and woke up to find that three of his teeth were embedded in his friends leg; Peter Walsh, 29, was play-fighting on a trampoline with his friend Daniel Rigby, also 29, when the pair collided and Mr Walsh was knocked out.
Mr Rigby explained that after the two crash-landed he realised that his friends teeth were stuck in his own knee, he said ‘[Peter] was probably out for a couple of minutes. He was face down and I saw blood coming out of his mouth and teeth missing so I thought it was quite bad.’ The friends managed to call for a taxi and made their way to Croydon University Hospital for treatment.
Although medics attempted to remove the teeth they left some particles under the skin, resulting in a dangerous infection. Mr Rigby had to return to the hospital to have his knee x-rayed and the doctor identified some fragments of bone cartilage that had not been extracted.
Since the incident, Mr Rigby has been having trouble with his leg and he has started legal proceedings against the hospital for failing to spot that there were still some parts of the teeth in his leg. He explained ‘It’s been really bad… my leg stiffens up and I have to strap it up when it gets really bad’.
