Paramedics Rush Toy To Hospital
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British paramedics had the fright
of their lives this Halloween, when they mistook a child's toy
found on a London subway station platform for a human fetus and
rushed it to hospital.
Officials closed down Buckhurst Hill station in Essex,
northwest of London late on Sunday -- Halloween night -- fearing
a woman had had a miscarriage, a London Underground spokeswoman
said.
They had found an alien egg toy, the latest toy craze to hit
the London area. It contains what looks like an tiny unborn
child curled in a fetal position and suspended in a gooey
placenta-like substance.
``Paramedics thought the toy alien was a human fetus, and the
mistake was only discovered when it was examined in hospital,''
said the Underground spokeswoman.
