Little girl’s finger is ripped off in gate at Pelican Park in Clontarf, Queensland
Heartbreaking question six-year-old girl posed to her parents after her little finger was torn off by a gate at her local park – as her family seeks to sue the council
- Elena Heidari, 6, had her finger cut off through a park fence
- The then three-year-old was at Pelican Park, Clontarf
- Her family plans to sue Moreton Bay Council
A little girl who had her little finger torn off repeatedly asked her parents if it would grow back after the painful incident.
Elena Heidari was just three years old when her finger got stuck in a small gap where a gate to Pelican Park in Clontarf, Queensland connects to a post.
Now her parents are planning to sue Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council over the March 20, 2020 ordeal, which left her with a partially amputated finger.
Her father, Mahmoud Heidari, described the gate as ‘dodgy’ and the space between the gate and the post as ‘sharp’ like metal ‘scissors’.
Elena Heidari (left) had her finger cut off after it got stuck in a park fence. Her father, Maumoud (right), said the gap between the gate and the post was like ‘scissors’
Elena stuck her little finger in the opening just before someone opened the gate to enter the park.
Her finger got pinched before it tore off all the way down to the first knuckle.
Mahmoud rushed to his daughter and immediately called an ambulance after seeing her severed finger on the ground.
He carried his daughter to the road before being told that paramedics had just been called to a job that was considered a higher priority.
Mahmoud walked towards the ambulance with Elena in his arms and begged the driver to take her to a hospital.
The driver agreed and transported Elena to Princess Alexandra Hospital, where hospital staff stopped the bleeding and stitched up her injured finger.
Maumoud contacted Moreton Bay Regional Council two days after the incident.
A board of inquiry revealed that the council had already replaced the gate and removed the hole.
The council apologized to the family, but Maumoud claims they have not offered any compensation for what happened.
Elena, who was only three years old at the time of the incident, was out with her family at Pelican Park (pictured) in Clontarf
The little girl had her little finger amputated after someone opened the park gate while her finger was in the gap between the gate and the post
The council’s reaction to what happened to his daughter enraged Maumoud.
“They said it wasn’t our fault, we were told we were responsible,” he said The courier mail.
“If something wasn’t unreliable, why did you change the fence and the playground?
Maumoud said his daughter gets “very upset” when she sees her finger.
“She asked me when will my finger be repaired or will it fall off?” he added.
The family plans to sue the council for $141,800 for pain and suffering, past and future economic losses, and the cost of treating Elena’s injury now and in the future.
Shine Advocaten, representing the family, claims that the council failed to fulfill its duty of care to Elena by allowing the gate to be installed.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Moreton Bay Regional Council for comment.