Heartbreaking question six-year-old girl asked her parents after her pinky finger was ripped off by a gate at her local park – as her family look to sue the council
- Elena Heidari, 6, had her finger severed by a park gate
- The then-three-year-old was at Pelican Park, Clontarf
- Her family are planning to sue Moreton Bay Council
A little girl who had her pinky finger ripped off repeatedly asked her parents if it will grow back after the painful incident.
Elena Heidari was just three-years- old when she got her finger caught a tiny 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 it and the post as ‘sharp’ like metal ‘scissors’.
Elena Heidari (left) had her finger severed after it became caught in a park gate. Her father, Maumoud (right), said the gap between the gate and the post was like ‘scissors’
Elena put had her pinky finger in the gap just before a person opened the gate to enter the park.
Her finger became caught before it tore off completely down to the first knuckle.
Mahmoud rushed over to his daughter and immediately phoned an ambulance after seeing her severed finger on the ground.
He carried his daughter towards the road before he was informed that paramedics had just been called to a job that was deemed to be higher-priority.
Mahmoud walked with Elena in his arms towards the ambulance 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.
An investigating council revealed that council had already replaced the gate and the gap had been removed.
The council apologised to the family but Maumoud claims they did not offer 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 pinky finger amputated after someone opened the park gate while her finger was in the gap between the gate and the post
The council’s response to what happened to his daughter left Maumoud furious.
‘They said we’re not at fault, we were told we were responsible,’ he told The Courier Mail.
‘If something was not dodgy, why did you change the gate and the playground?
Maumoud said his daughter gets ‘really upset’ when she sees her finger.
‘She asked me when is my finger getting fixed it or is it falling off?’ he added.
The family is planning to sue the council for $141,800 for pain and suffering, past and future economic loss and the cost to manage Elena’s injury now and in the future.
Shine Lawyers, who are representing the family, claims the council failed in in its duty of care to Elena by allowing the gate to be installed.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Moreton Bay Regional Council for comment.
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