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Brave grandpa who chainsawed face and tongue in half while chopping wood drove himself to hospital 20 miles away

68-year-old Bill Singleton lost most of his teeth, with the chainsaw reaching as far back as his wisdom teeth and coming catastrophically close to severing a major artery

An Australian grandfather who accidentally chainsawed his face and tongue in half while chopping firewood managed to clean himself up and drive 32 kilometers to the nearest hospital to receive treatment. The 68-year-old, Bill Singleton from Ballarat, Melbourne, detailed his miraculous tale of survival in the May 2016 incident in the podcast, 'How I Survived'.

According to Daily Mail, on that fateful day, Singleton told his wife Lynette, that he was going out to chop firewood and would be back home soon. He proceeded to take out his utility vehicle and drove through a solitary, winding dirt road to reach his destination.