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Home : News : Woman Survives Freak Accident After Being Impaled By A Tree Limb

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Woman Survives Freak Accident After Being Impaled By A Tree Limb

Michelle Childers had a lucky escape from death after she was skewered through the neck by a tree limb following a freak accident in Montana.

Oct 5, 2009 by Nancy Lee
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Michelle Childers is lucky to be alive after a freak accident sent a tree limb through her neck during a drive through the Montana countryside.

WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions, video and images.

The incident occurred as the 20-year-old woman from Idaho took a drive through the Montana countryside with her husband, Daniel. Michelle was sitting in the front passenger seat when the couple rounded a blind curve too fast and a stray tree branch pierced her through the neck.

Freak Accident Sends Couple On A Desperate Mission To Find Medical Attention

The couple had to drive over an hour from Montana’s Lochsa River to a lodge to get medical attention. Michelle was then airlifted to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana where surgeons worked for six hours to remove the tree limb from Michelle’s neck.

Michelle Childers Being Airlifted To St. Patrick Hospital In Missoula, Montana.
Michelle Childers was airlifted to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana.

The branch had penetrated her neck by eight inches and had narrowly missed the jugular vein. Doctors say if the branch had been just fractions of an inch out, it would have severed a vein and Michelle would have surely bled to death before reaching medical help.

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X-ray shows how deeply a tree branch penetrated a woman’s neck in a freak accident.

Michelle Childers Discusses Being Impaled By A Tree Limb On The TODAY Show

In an interview with NBC‘s the TODAY Show, Childers describes an “explosion” of green and a “strange” pressure on her neck and shoulder. This was immediately followed by her confusion at her husband’s sudden alarm.

“It was like a bomb had went off,” said Childers, who was sitting in the passenger seat as her husband, Daniel Childers, drove their truck on a narrow, tree-lined road. “I had no idea what happened. I had to ask.”

Glad she’s okay! Wow, what a story!





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Nancy Lee
Nancy Lee

I’m a dog owner that loves poetry, vampires, mountain biking, and cosplay. I’m open to ideas and still trying to figure my SFO life out one blog post at a time. LF ISO SWF GSOH SI DDF.


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  1. methodshop

    Dec 27, 2021 at 9:12 AM

    what an insane story!

  2. web Design Firm

    Oct 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Oh thank god she survived !!!! God Bless her thanks for posting this 🙂

  3. Pat

    Oct 6, 2009 at 7:22 AM

    thank god she is alright..

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