Did you see this in the paper? This incident just emphasizes the need to wear your seatbelt- had she not been ejected, she may have only broken off half of her nails? She's lucky she didn't impale her brain with one of those beauties. Here's the article, in case you missed it.
A Salt Lake woman who was the current Guinness Book of World Records holder for having the longest fingernails, was injured in an accident Tuesday.
The injuries to Lee Redmond were serious but not life threatening, according to police. Her fingernails, however, were broken off in the crash, according to Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Redmond gained notoriety for her fingernails, which were approximately 33 inches long and had not been cut since 1979. She has been featured on TV in episodes of "Guinness Book of World Records" and "Ripley's Believe It or Not."
On Tuesday, the SUV Redmond was a passenger in, hit the side of another vehicle in the intersection of 2300 East and 6200 South about 1:30 p.m., said Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson. The impact of that collision caused the second vehicle to hit a third vehicle, and propel the SUV onto the sidewalk, through a chain-link fence and back onto the road where it hit a fourth vehicle, Hutson said.
Redmond, who was in the passenger seat, was ejected from the SUV. The man driving the vehicle was pinned and suffered a broken ankle. Both were transported to area hospitals, she in serious condition and the driver in critical condition, Hutson said.


8 comments:
All I can say is
Eewwww! Eewwww! Eewwww!
oh. oh no. Just not right. I am sorry about the crash and glad no one got hurt. Can you imagine the officer at the scene? "What the H is all this stuff around her? OH...it's 5 foot finger nails." And then he probably barfed.
And the saddest part is that I don't think she has another 40 years to get them that long enough. DANG.
Her grandaughter went to school with #1 and we used to see her at school functions. What is the 1st thing you ask yourself when you see her? come on, be honest." Yes," she informed us," I can wipe my own rear end".
I think the accident, while unfortunate, was an act of God. Those suckers were NASTY!
That is just gross. I ran into her (or someone who wanted to be her) in an elevator years ago and I though she was holding a fist full of large embroider hoops. Nope. They were fingernails.
I too am feel sad she was in an accident but had she not been trying to be a freak, it probably wouldn't have even made the news!
serious gross!
You have a bunch of funny people that read your BLOG, Amy. I read through your comments and thought, "There is nothing clever left to say!" Carol's comments crack me up every time!
Thank you for keeping me current on the Salt Lake City news.
It sound like a blessing in disguise. I'm actually quite relived to hear that.
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