A SCOTS teenager has been left paralysed after his eye was impaled in a freak accident in Australia.
Iain Carmichael, who emigrated to Australia from West Lothian, was admitted to hospital and is on life support following the accident, which happened as he walked home from football trials.
The 17-year-old, a promising footballer, was instantly paralysed after a kite being flown nearby smashed through his eye socket and punctured his brain.
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