A pensioner has died after swallowing his set of false tooth throughout a mugging.
The weird incident has been linked to a blow the OAP suffered after he was hit within the face outdoors a library within the Colombian metropolis of Medellin.
After punching him, the mugger demanded a cellphone 71-year-old Gabriel de Jesus Pulgarin Bolivar had simply purchased.
Native studies mentioned the pensioner was seen elevating his arms to his throat as he sat on a bench earlier than being given a glass of water to drink by a Good Samaritan who noticed he was in difficulties.
Incidents the place somebody swallows their dentures are very uncommon and has been linked to accidents, impacts, falls and meals
Police had been alerted and the sufferer managed to elucidate what had occurred earlier than his situation worsened.
He was rushed to a well being centre within the neighbourhood generally known as Doce de Octubre – October 12 in English – however medics there have been unable to avoid wasting his life.
Police chief Jose Galindo confirmed to native press a suspect was in custody over the assault round 9am native time on Tuesday.
The outcomes of an post-mortem have but to be made public however are thought to have confirmed the OAP died after his false tooth obstructed his airway.
Incidents the place somebody swallows their dentures are mentioned to be very uncommon. The swallowing of false tooth has been linked to accidents, impacts, falls and meals.
RCN Radio, one of many most important radio networks in Colombia was amongst nationwide media which reported on the dying.
The weird incident came about within the metropolis of Medellín, Colombia, capital of the Antioquia division and the one metropolis in Colombia with a metro system
It mentioned: “An aged man choked to dying after swallowing his dentures from the shock of being mugged for his cellphone in one of many streets of the October 12 neighbourhood in north-west Medellin.”
One other native newspaper mentioned the mugger had dislodged the OAP’s dentures when he hit him within the face.