Irish footballer loses finger in freak accident

A Premier Division footballer in Ireland is recovering from a horrific hand injury which resulted in him losing a finger. Surgeons were unable to reattach Kevin McHugh's finger after his wedding ring got caught in a fence.

He had climbed over it to retrieve a ball during a coaching session and said it was “a surprise to look up and see the finger sitting up on top of the fence.”

“It wasn’t nice to see,” he told 5 live Drive.

Kevin then drove to the hospital but then had to phone his friend to retrieve the finger after he realised he had set off without it.

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 7 October 2016.