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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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12-year-old Christine Hayes from eastern Idaho died today in Salt Lake City after being scalped Monday by a potato digging machine, which tore off her scalp, ears, cheeks, and other facial skin. Despite initial progress after surgery, she possibly succumbed to heart failure from shock or brain damage.
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SALT LAKE CITY, (AP) - Scalping victim Christine Hayes died today.
The 12-year-old eastern Idaho girl was scalped Monday when her hair was caught in a potato digging machine.
Only a small heart-shaped patch of skin was left on her face. Ripped off with the scalp were her ears, cheeks, lids of the right eye, eyebrows, skin along the jawbone and neck.
Only Thursday doctors told of how well she was progressing after a six-hour operation Monday night at the Latter-Day Saints Hospital.
A spokesman for the hospital here said she possibly died from heart failure due to shock. Another possibility could have been brain damage.
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Eastern Idaho
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Scalped Monday, Died Today
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died possibly from heart failure due to shock or brain damage
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The 12-year-old eastern Idaho girl was scalped Monday when her hair was caught in a potato digging machine. Only a small heart-shaped patch of skin was left on her face. Ripped off with the scalp were her ears, cheeks, lids of the right eye, eyebrows, skin along the jawbone and neck. She underwent a six-hour operation Monday night at the Latter-Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City. Doctors reported progress on Thursday, but she died today.