| WOMAN ALMOST KILLED BY CHAMPAGNE BOMB |
| 15:33 2001-06-12 A woman is recovering in hospital, lucky to be alive, after a close encounter of another kind: with an exploding champagne bottle. The woman, from the Brest region of Belarus, was on her way home with a bottle of champagne from the Minsk Champagne Factory in her pocket. Her intended celebrations nearly ended in tragedy, however, when the bottle exploded, causing her severe injuries, including a severed artery. Luckily, she was helped by passers-by who after temporary treatment took her to the local clinic, where she is now in a stable condition. She intends to sue the champagne factory for the accident which nearly cost her life. Champagne bottles are supposed to go ?POP!¦, not ?BANG!¦ |