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February 12, 2009
$10,000 Fingernails Are Broken in Salt Lake City, Utah Car Accident
An unusual and yet unfortunate turn of events occurred in a Utah traffic accident on February 11, 2009. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the crash took place in Holladay and led to a four-car pileup. Three people were taken to the hospital with injuries. What makes this accident unique is that one of the victims was a record holder in The Guinness Book of World Records. 67-year-old Lee Redmond held the record for world’s longest fingernails. She had been growing her nails since 1979. At one point, she even turned down a $10,000 offer to trim her nails on Japanese TV. As of 2007, Redmond’s nails were 33 inches long! During the pile-up, she was ejected from her vehicle and broke her prized fingernails.
