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Teenager injured after air rifle accident
Jul 3 2007 By Dale Williams, Birmingham Mail
A TEENAGER needed hospital treatment after he was accidentally shot in the foot with an air gun.
Ambulance bosses are warning people to be careful with the guns after a pellet hit the youth in a toe in Summer Hill, Tipton.
"It is not clear exactly what happened, but the 18-year-old from Tipton was in a great deal of pain after the pellet became embedded in his left big toe," said a spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service.
"He was taken to Sandwell Hospital to have the pellet removed and should hopefully have no long-term damage. This incident does serve to reinforce the message that air rifles are not toys and can cause a remarkable amount of damage.
"It is absolutely vital that they are used in a responsible way so that no-one is injured."
The ambulance service was alerted to the accident at 5.40pm on Sunday.
A crew was on the scene within seven minutes was backed up by an incident support officer.
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