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Kelly-Ann Mills

Woman impaled by steel rod after plummeting 22 feet during monkey attack

A woman has been impaled with a steel rod right through her body after she fell more than 20ft as she tried to escape a monkey attacking her.

Incredible footage and photos show 20-year-old Khatija lying in a hospital bed with the pole still through her body, after her family managed to cut her free from where she fell.

The freak accident occurred as she stood on a roof area in her home town of Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, India when she was reportedly accosted by a group of monkeys.

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