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Elderly Staten Island Man Hospitalized After Severing Fingers

May 16, 2012 1:59pm | Updated May 16, 2012 2:35pm
A 72-year-old man from West Brighton was hospitalized on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, after severing two fingers on his right hand.
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DNAinfo/Theodore Parisienne

STATEN ISLAND — A 72-year-old man was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Wednesday after he accidentally severed parts of three of his fingers, officials said.

Paramedics raced to 182 Davis Avenue in West Brighton about noon after the victim — who was using a table saw — accidentally cut off parts of his thumb, index and middle fingers on his right hand, the FDNY said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital's trauma center with the severed pieces of the fingers, they said.

He was listed in stable condition, an FDNY spokesperson said.

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