Schoolboy gets fish hook stuck in ear in "bizarre" accident

A schoolboy got a fish hook stuck in his ear in a "bizarre" accident - during his first-ever trip.

But Joel Doyle, 13, has not been put off - and is looking forward to going fishing again.

The teen was out in Christchurch, Dorset when a friend cast his line backwards - and hooked the lure straight through his ear.

Sister Lynsey Pooke, 27, and mum Lorraine Hanley, 58, rushed Joel to hospital with the hook and a plastic fish dangling from his head.

The doctor had to “pierce” the “distressed” boy's ear and used pliers to remove the items.

Lorraine, a social worker from Bournemouth, said: “This was Joel’s first day learning to fish.

“He was very excited. I got this call and he was crying and screaming.

“He said the hooks gone through my ear. I raced over.

“The doctors had to push it straight through the ear as if piercing it. It is so bizarre.

“He loves fishing. It hasn’t put him off at all.”

Joel had been fishing with a school friend at Iford Old Bridge when the hook got caught in his ear on October.

Sister Lynsey, a health care assistant, from Watford, London said: “The plastic fish was dangling out of his ear.

“It was something from a comedy.”

Lorraine added: “I said ‘were you trying to pierce your ear?’. He was very distressed.”

Doctors managed to free the hook and plastic fish from Joel’s ear and gave him a tetanus shot to prevent an infection.

Now Joel is back to normal - and has already been out fishing again.

Lorraine said: “We’ve ordered him a fishing rod. It’s unbelievable. You’d have to see it to believe it. I’m going to get it framed.”