WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.
Steven McCormack was standing on his truck's foot plate Saturday when he slipped and fell, breaking a compressed air hose off an air reservoir that powered the truck's brakes.
He fell hard onto the brass fitting, which pierced his left buttock and started pumping air into his body.
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His co-workers heard his screams, ran over and shut down the air line.
Doctors say the fat in his body had separated from his muscles.
100 psi is a lot - that's what is in each truck tire. I've seen one blow up, and chunks of tread will go through a car's windshield like it was butter.
A good reason not to draft a big rig on the highway.
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