Schoolgirl's finger amputated in prank gone wrong

Lola Bennett broke her middle finger after her ring got caught on a school fence while she was trying to retrieve her bag which was hung on the fence, Mirror reported.

Her friends had reportedly hung the bag there as a part of their prank, and while Bennett was trying to reach it, her hand slipped and her ring got stuck, leaving her with a badly broken finger.

"I went to get my bag and to reach it I knelt on a tree stump next to the fence. As I reached to get it, my ring caught on the fence and that was it. It was so painful, I was on gas and air at school," she told the publication.

She was rushed to the Birmingham Children's Hospital last Friday, but unfortunately, doctors were unable to save her finger as it had severe nerve damage.

"The first responders were amazing and the ambulance staff were lovely too, they gave me more gas and air and cut off my ring while I was in the ambulance. I'm not blaming anyone, it was all a joke and all happened so fast. I was just unlucky," Bennett told Mirror.

Lola's mom, Zoe, who works as the school's admin assistant, told the publication: "I hope that this incident makes the school and other schools carry out checks to make sure there aren't any hazards like this. The tree stump was over two feet high and shouldn't have been placed next to the fence. It's been awful for Lola and the other girls who saw the whole event were traumatised. She doesn't blame the girls, they were just messing around like teenagers do. It was just a horrible accident."

Lola is reportedly back in school, doing well.

"Her father said she didn't even cry but it might have just been the pure shock of what happened. I can't even look at the picture of her finger, it was just hanging off apparently. I was so worried about her but she has taken it all in her stride. "She was back laughing and joking before we knew it. She was really brave and I am proud of how she has handled it all," Zoe added.

The school's head teacher, Martin Clarke, said the school was conducting an investigation into the accident.