Toddler loses eyeball after errant drone slices it in half

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A British toddler recently had his right eye sliced in half by a neighbor’s drone, which resulted in the removal of his eyeball. He will eventually be fitted with a prosthetic.

According to BBC Watchdog, Oscar Webb was just 16 months old at the time of the accident. He was out playing in front of his home in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire when a neighbor’s drone hit him in the face. Pilot Simon Evans, a next-door neighbor of the Webb family, flew the drone in front of his house, where it clipped a tree and "spun out of control" for a moment before colliding with the young boy. (The BBC described Evans as an "experienced" drone operator.)

"It was up for about 60 seconds," Evans said. "As I brought it back down to land, it just clipped the tree and span round. The next thing I know I've just heard my friend shriek and say, 'Oh God no' and I turned around and just saw blood and his baby on the floor crying."

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Evans has reportedly been forgiven by the family for the "awful accident" and said he has not flown another drone since: "I look at the drones in the garage and I feel physically sick."

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