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Richard Castle & Bradley Jolly

Man looked like he was 'mauled by lion' after being dragged by escalator and impaled

A grandfather looked like he had been "mauled by a lion" after falling on a moving escalator.

Frank Ball, 73, was dashed to A&E after he was dragged upside down on the stairway. The retired electrical engineer impaled his head and trapped his leg on the escalator.

The pensioner needed a skin graft about 5cm by 6cm on his head and broke a vertebrae in the top of his spine.

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