Girl settles for €75k over fingertip amputation after accident at church service

The little girl later had to have two surgeries and the tip of her middle left finger had to be amputated

Ariana Slamsa was four years old and had left her seat and was walking by boards or planks which had been stored against a wall when they fell and trapped her hand. File photo: iStock

A little girl who had to have the tip of one her fingers amputated after she suffered a crush injury when planks and boards fell on her as she attended a religious service has settled her High Court action for €75,000.

Ariana Slamsa was four years old and had left her seat and was walking by boards or planks which had been stored against a wall when they fell and trapped her hand.