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Woman Impaled by 2-Inch-Thick Metal Pole in Brooklyn Crash
June 3, 2004
At least six feet of the 15-foot-long pole ripped through Sherland Chandler-Torres' chest near her left shoulder — missing her heart by inches.
A woman who was impaled yesterday by a 2-inch-thick metal pole in a horrific Brooklyn crash came out of five hours of surgery
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