By William D'Urso - Nov. 2, 2010 03:00 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
A 14-year-old boy and his friend have life-threatening injuries after being impaled by a metal pole during a car crash, authorities said.
The boy's mother, Griselda R. Figueroa of Casa Grande, allowed her son to drive four friends around in her 1999 Chrysler LHS, said Tim Gaffney of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
The driver had apparently been driving at a high speed and lost control of the vehicle at the 6300 block of South Iron Bar Road in Eloy, the Sheriff's Office said in a press release.
A metal fence pole went through the front of the vehicle, through the driver's chest and into the rear-seat passenger, Gaffney said. Medics responded to the scene and both the driver and passenger were airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, Gaffney said.
Gaffney said both the driver and passenger were fortunate to have survived the crash. The pole was inches away from instantly killing them, he said.
Gaffney said authorities will continue to monitor both juveniles' health status.
Any charges are pending from Pinal County Attorney's Office.
From: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2010/11/02/20101102pinal-county-crash-two-impaled-abrk.html
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