A 17-year-old Florida boy, Joziah Thompson, is in critical condition after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, while swimming in a park. His mother is fundraising for medical expenses and advocating for better public awareness of bacteria levels in local waters.
John Yalu, a farm worker, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter for amputating a pensioner's leg with a circular saw for $5,000. The jury delivered a unanimous verdict after a four-day trial in Cairns.
A farm worker has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter for amputating a pensioner's leg with a circular saw. The jury determined John Yalu did not intend to cause grievous bodily harm when he removed Kalman Tal's leg for $5,000 in Innisfail.
A court heard a 66-year-old man, Kalman Tal, offered $5,000 to multiple people to amputate his leg before he died from blood loss after farm worker John Yalu allegedly performed the procedure. Tal had reportedly been seeking help to 'take his pain away'.
A farm worker, John Yalu, is on trial for murder after allegedly amputating a man's leg for $5,000. Kalman Tal died from blood loss, and prosecutors claim Yalu left him without calling for help.
A farm worker is on trial for murder after allegedly amputating a man's leg for $5,000 in Far North Queensland. The victim died from blood loss, and the accused allegedly left without calling for help.
A farm worker is on trial for murder in Cairns, accused of amputating a man's leg for $5,000 and leaving him to die from blood loss. The victim, Kalman Tal, had requested the amputation due to chronic pain.
John Yalu, 41, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the start of his murder trial for allegedly amputating Kalman Tal's leg in a public park in Feb 2022, leading to Mr Tal's death. The trial will focus on Yalu's state of mind.
The woman says her leg was amputated despite it being "salvageable", but doctors argue the amputation was necessary to save her life.
Italian driver lost both legs in high-speed cart race crashHe went on to win four Paralympic golds as a para-cyclistAlex Zanardi, the former Formula One driver who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59, his family said on Saturday.Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and later achieved success in the Cart series in the United States, winning back-to-back championships in 1997 and 1998. His life took a dramatic turn in September 2001 when he was involved in a high-speed crash during a Cart race in Germany that led to the amputation of both legs. Continue reading...
Lindsey Vonn says she is still recovering physically and emotionally from her crash at the Winter Olympics in February, where she suffered a complex left leg fracture that nearly led to amputation. The 41-year-old has undergone eight surgeries and needs at least one more operation to repair a torn ACL. She says she may retire but is not ready to make that decision emotionally yet, with recovery expected to take at least a year and a half.
A 74-year-old Florida man developed a severe Vibrio vulnificus flesh-eating infection after jumping into Gulf Coast waters with a leg cut. Within three days, his leg turned dark from bleeding under the skin, with gas bubbling from dying flesh. Despite emergency surgery and antibiotics, his leg required amputation above the knee. The case, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, underscores rising V. vulnificus infections linked to warming waters, with US cases increasing eightfold between 1998-2018.
A Southern Mallee Potato company has been convicted and fined $360,000 after a plane propeller struck an employee's arm, leaving him with multiple injuries, including partial finger amputations.
