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Ponce Recovering From Massive Butane Related Head Injury
posted (November 22, 2013)
On Wednesday, 7News told you about Danny Ponce, the Trial Farm resident who was seriously injured when an LPG Tank, commonly known as butane, exploded sending debris flying all over, striking him in the head.

He was rushed to the KHMH hospital in a critical condition, but since then, he's had emergency surgery which has improved his prognosis greatly. Today, 7News spoke with his sister in Trial Farm, and she told us about what his recovery is looking like, after trying to help a friend and getting in such a disastrous accident. Here's what she told us:

Marilyn Ponce, sister
"It happened on Tuesday. He went with a person that retails Butane gas to shipyard. When they were doing this whole process it seemed like the tank was filled with too much air and then suddenly it exploded. It was actually the iron that was in the hose that hit him on the right side of his skull. According to the doctors, some of the bones broke damaging his right eye too. We're not sure if he's going to lose his eye but that's basically his situation right now."

"Right now he's doing really good. As mentioned he did undergone a surgery but today my mom told me that they took him off some machines and he actually spoke to the doctor but then they had to put him back to sleep for the same reason, that he has a lot of pain on his head."

As noted the interview, after his surgery, he woke up and spoke to his family, but he reportedly had to be placed in an induced coma to give his skull a little more time to heal.

We note that propane rich LPG which is sold at a majority of butane outlets in Belize is more dangerous because it is more highly pressurized - and can rupture old, rusting tanks.

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