Reusable Metal Straw Impales Woman’s Brain, Leads to Her Death

Metal straws are emerging as an alternative to plastic, but they need to be used with caution to avoid accidents.

In a freak accident, a 60-year-old woman in the UK died last year in November after she fell onto a metal straw and incurred serious brain injuries.

According to UK news site Daily Echo, Elena Struthers-Gardner was in her home in Broadstone, England, carrying a mason jar with a strew-top lid to fix the straw in place, when she collapsed onto the jar. The 10-inch-metal straw pierced through her left eye and went into her brain.

Doctors determined that the cause of her death was officially an accidental, traumatic brain injury reported Health.

Metal straws are on the road to becoming all the rage as they are re-usable and the environmentally friendly alternative to plastic straws.

Post the accident however, coroners are warning of caution while using them.