72-yr-old lady falls head-first onto a knife and survives

Feb 6, 2008
BATTLE GROUND, Wash. - A bizarre accident left a woman with a knife lodged deep in her head and what is so amazing is that she actually survived.

Townsen was pulling weeds at her home in Battle Ground when she set a knife down with the blade up and then tripped when she went to turn around, landing right onto the knife.

A neighbor girl who was shooting baskets across the street when the accident happened and immediately ran inside to get her mom, Kelly Eldred.

Watch the story A STRONG WARNING: Some of the images in the video clip and photo gallery are VERY GRAPHIC in nature. The images include photos of the scene in Mary Townsen's driveway as paramedics responded to help her and photos from the emergency room as doctors treated her.

Photos: WARNING - IMAGES ARE VERY GRAPHIC