Head reattached after decapitation: Toddler's skull fused to spine after car crash - TomoNews

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA — Surgeons in Australia have successfully reattached a toddler's head to his neck after he was internally decapitated in a car accident last month. On September 15, 16-month-old Jackson Taylor, his mother and 9-year-old sister were travelling in a car at about 110 kilometres an hour when they collided with another car. An airbag protected his mother, but the force of the collision caused Jackson's head to be violently thrown forward. The trauma broke his collarbone and the C1 and C2 vertebrae in his neck, and his skull separated from his spine. Led by Dr. Geoff Askin, an expert in spinal medicine, surgeons worked for six hours in what has been described as a "miracle operation," using wire and part of a rib to reattach Jackson's head to his vertebrae.Jackson will wear a specially fitted halo brace for eight weeks while the tissues and nerves heal.----------------------------------------­­---------------------Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.netCheck out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCjCheck out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1fGet top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletterStay connected with us here:Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUSTwitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUSGoogle+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus