Police say the 44-year-old man tried to lift a skillet of smoking hot oil off the stove at his home, then dropped it, splashing the oil onto his face and chest
A MIddlesex Borough man was flown by a State Police helicopter to St. Barnabus Medical Center Saturday evening, after spilling hot oil on his face and chest. MIDDLESEX -- A man was airlifted to a hospital with burns Saturday night after police say he tried to lift a skillet full of smoking hot oil off the stove but dropped it, splashing the oil on his face and chest.
The 44-year-old man was taken by State Police helicopter to the burn unit a St. Barnabus Medical Center in Livingston, after the 5:52 p.m. accident at his home in Middlesex Borough, said Lt. Frank DeNick, a Middlesex Police spokesman.
DeNick could not say why the man dropped the skillet.
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