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Doctors Remove Spear From Head: DNews Nuggets

Jun 19, 2012 04:39 PM ET // by Rose Palazzolo

Doctors Remove Spear From Teen's Head: The teen was accidentally impaled with the spear during a spearfishing trip, according to the Washtington Post.

The spear gun accidentally fired as it was being loaded. Lopez was hospitalized June 7 with 3 feet of the spear protruding from his forehead, according to the Post.

Yasser Lopez, 16, was lucky in that the spear did not hit any main arteries, according to doctors. via Washington Post.

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