By Alexandra Thompson Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 12:12 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 12:15 BST, 16 May 2019
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A girl was rushed to hospital when she fell onto the sharp end of a pencil which penetrated her neck.
The unidentified youngster's accident occurred while the 11-year-old was playing during break time at school.
She was whisked to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto with the pencil still lodged in the left side of her neck.
A CT scan revealed the pencil was completely obstructing her left common carotid artery, stopping blood going to her brain.
The girl was taken for surgery, where doctors managed to remove the pencil. After an 'uneventful recovery', she was discharged two days later.
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An 11-year-old girl, who has not been named, was rushed to hospital after a pencil penetrated her neck (pictured) when she fell on the sharp end while playing during school break time
A CT scan revealed the pencil (circled) had penetrated the muscle and completely obstructed her left common carotid artery. Along with the
