A double amputee who lost both of his legs after being impaled on a fence has still not been declared unfit for work almost a year after the trauma. Victim Dale Whitehurst said the incident had left him trapped in a never-ending “bad dream” and haunted by phantom pains.
The 44-year-old, from Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, miraculously survived for five days hanging upside down when his ankles were speared on metal security railings. He was badly wounded while walking home last June when he attempted to take a short cut over a seven-foot metal palisade security fence, becoming impaled upside down after falling, reports the Mirror.
Since then, he has endured a torrid time as he tries to come to terms with his injuries, and said his local council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have only added to his woes. He stressed he qualifies Limited Capability for Work and Work-related activity (LCWRA), he said the DWP continues to drag its heels and blame the hold-up on a Covid backlog.
