Mechanic blinded in horror injury as metal shard flew off car straight into his eye
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A garage owner who was instantly blinded when a 3.5mm piece of metal pierced his eye in a freak accident at work.Lee Rodger, 46, was walking past a colleague working on a car last year when a fragment from a chisel shot up and lodged into his eyeball.Shocking images show the devastating impact of the shard, which caused blood spotting and considerable bruising.Lee instantly lost vision and was rushed to hospital, where he was given the devastating news the odds of saving his eye, let alone vision, were slim.But, he has now had his vision restored thanks to specialist surgery.He underwent a three-hour operation to remove the metal before having laser surgery and then another op to insert.
