Girl injured by sawed-off golf club has condition improve

A Grade 8 girl,whose head was punctured by a sawed-off golf club when she fell during a gym class at a city-owned park in Windsor, Ont., remains paralyzed on one side of her body.

• Sawed-off golf club punctures girl's skull at Ford Test Track Park

Madison Arseneault, 14, was with her Gordon McGregor Public School gym class, running at Ford Test Track Park on May 25 at 9 a.m. when she was injured.

It appears workers were marking long, straight chalk lines on the grass infield by tying a low lying wire to a series of sawed off golf clubs. As Arsenault jogged onto the field she became entangled in the wire and the end of one of the clubs impaled the back of her skull.

Arsenault was rushed to Windsor Regional Hospital where doctors performed emergency surgery. She was then airlifted to the pediatric critical care unit at Victoria Hospital in London, Ont., where her condition has since improved.

Her lawyer, Jennifer Bezaire, said Arseneault is now able to use a wheelchair.

Bezaire said the investigation into the incident is ongoing. She doesn't think using sawed-off golf clubs on the field is a safe practice.

"It just doesn't seem like a safe method to be using, particularly if you're not marking them off, you know, painting them bright orange or putting some sort of marker there. They're just sitting there," Bezaire claimed.

Bezaire said she expects there will be legal action once the investigation is complete.