Australian woman decapitated in freak accident

A WOMAN was killed while walking to work yesterday after she was struck in the head by a flying piece of steel in a freak lawn mowing accident in north Queensland, Australia. The accident left the victim decapitated.

The 42-year-old, who has not been named, was walking along a path in Townsville, just after 8am local time when she was hit by the piece of pipe.

It is thought that a slasher, a tool used to clear bushes and grassland, being towed by a small tractor ran over the pipe, which had been hidden in long grass.