Girl’s arm impaled on fence at Missouri governor’s mansion

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Authorities say a 10-year-old girl was hospitalized after her arm was impaled on a fence outside the governor’s mansion.

Local media report the incident happened around 2 p.m.

Officials said the girl was walking along the ornamental fence toward the mansion entrance when it happened.

The point of the fence went through her left arm.

Emergency responders cut the fence and took the girl to a hospital with a piece still in place so doctors could remove it.

KOMU-TV reports the fourth-grader was there on a school trip.

Her condition wasn’t immediately known.

This story was originally published May 11, 2016 at 6:59 AM with the headline "Girl’s arm impaled on fence at Missouri governor’s mansion."