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Metal eco-straw kills a woman when she falls over - it pierced her eye, and right through her brain stem: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/17756782.retired-jockey-died-fell-metal-drinking-straw/
A retired jockey died when she fell onto an eco-friendly metal drinking straw which impaled her eye, an inquest heard yesterday.
Elena Struthers-Gardner, 60, who trained at Kingston Maurward College, and was known as ‘Lena’, suffered brain injuries in the accident at her home.
She was carrying a mason-jar style drinking glass with a screw-top lid in her kitchen when she collapsed. The 10-inch stainless steel straw entered her left eye socket and pierced her brain.