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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Ohio man thought of his kids after suffering rare internal decapitation: ‘I was going to miss them’

A maintenance worker at an Ohio state park who suffered a rare internal decapitation - and miraculously survived - has shared the heartbreaking thought that hit him when it thought he may not make it.

Philip Pohle, 32, was removing dead trees from a road at Hocking Hills State Park in Logan, Ohio last month when his foot became stuck on the gas pedal of a front loader he was driving. The vehicle accelerated and a branch struck his neck, forcing his skull away from his spine.

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