Boy left with 12cm scar after being impaled on spike settles for €90k

The boy has a large inverted V-type scar to his left leg which is still very red and about 12 centimetres long

The boy was brought to Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, where an X-ray revealed no evidence of a fracture to his knee or ankle joint, but he had a large laceration on his calf. File photo

A young boy who suffered a laceration to his leg when he became impaled on a spike on a railing he was climbing has settled his High Court action for €90,000.

Luke McDermott was only 10 years of age the High Court heard when he became impaled on a plastic coated spike or wire protruding from the top of the railing as he tried to access a playing field.