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Man’s sight restored by doctors after windscreen glass punctured his eye in horrific car crash

The Independent·Ella Pickover·about 1 month ago
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A man whose eye was left “more like a raisin than an eyeball” after a devastating car accident has had his sight partially restored following eight meticulous operations. Chris Hurd, 37, from Basingstoke , Hampshire, sustained the horrific injury when a taxi windscreen shattered during a city break in Budapest, sending a shower of glass into his eye. The crash also left Mr Hurd with a broken neck, multiple fractures, and severe damage to both eyes. Doctors initially informed him that the injured eye would be lost, making the partial restoration of his vision a remarkable medical achievement. His eyelids were torn away, his iris – the coloured part of the eye – has disappeared and he had a detached retina – the thin layer of tissue at the back of the eye which processes light and converts it into the electrical signals that the brain interprets as images. There were large puncture wounds, leaving Mr Hurd, who works in sales, with a gaping hole in his right eye.…

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