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Charlie Duffield

Man's lung collapses after stingray attack - says it'll make 'good pub story'

A man who was attacked by a stingray in New Zealand while bodyboarding with his two sons has said it will make a "good pub story" despite his lung collapsing.

Jamie Cunningham, 48, had been enjoying a beautiful summer's day with his family at Invercargill's Oreti Beach, when he felt an "excruciating pain" in his right foot.

He told Otago Daily News: "It was that reaction when you stand on a piece of Lego and your leg just gives way. Next thing I knew this thing has hit me like a steel bar in the ribs under my left arm and I've just gone down.

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