New Delhi, India (CNN) A worker in central India has made what doctors describe as a miraculous recovery after an iron rod impaled his skull in a horrific construction site injury. The 21-year-old was working on repairs in a well in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh when he fell early on April 10 and the rod pierced his skull and brain. The iron rod entered the man's right temporal region and exited through the left frontal lobe. The rod had entered his right temporal region and exited through the left frontal lobe, missing a major blood channel by millimeters. The man suffered no brain trauma after the rod went straight through his skull.

Source: CNN April 17, 2019 03:33 UTC