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Madeleine Patrick & Paige Freshwater

Runner left looking like 'sloth from Ice Age' after slipping on black ice

A runner was left with a 'second head' when she slipped on black ice and ended up with a bump so large that it 'scared' strangers and made her look like 'the sloth from Ice Age'.

Rachel Pepper went for a morning jog on a trail in Chicago, in Illinois, America - but had a shock when she slipped on black ice six miles into the run, falling and hitting her forehead on the tarmac.

The marketing worker told how she stood up and 'felt fine' - and thought that bystanders were 'overreacting' when she noticed their 'shocked and scared' looks.

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