AC/DC fan hurt in mosh pit accident

A QUADRIPLEGIC is reportedly suing the organisers of an AC/DC gig after he lost the sight in his right eye after a bizarre mosh pit accident.

According to reports in Australia, Terry Watson was stabbed in the face after he was catapulted in his motorised wheelchair into the mosh pit at the rock band's gig in Brisbane at the end of last month.

He crashed more than a metre into the throng of hardcore fans at the front of the stage after his friend accidentally hit the joystick of his motorised wheelchair and a a metal pin used by Watson to manoeuvre objects became a spear and embedded in his eye.

The band was nearing the end of their concert when the freak accident happened.

Watson is said to have forgiven his friend's carelessness and despite losing his sight in his right eye, made a good recovery.

But he is planning to take legal action against the venue arguing that it was not properly set up to protect disabled people from injury.

He told Australia's South-East Advertiser: "As I went off the edge I instinctively put my hands up to cover my face. I remember thinking, 'shit, this is going to hurt'."

The 32-year old added: "All there was was a bit of yellow tape in front of us. No barricades or anything. I'm going to see my solicitor and we'll go from there."

His father Wayne added: "If there had been a rail there, he wouldn't have gone over the side."

He said his son, a former truck driver paralysed four years ago in a vehicle accident, did not turn off his wheelchair motor because he needed to continually shift his chair because of his disability, and the automatic brake was not set when the motor was being used.

A spokesman for venue owners, Stadiums Queensland, wouldn't be drawn on the news of Watson's impending legal action, but said: "The circumstances around this incident are currently under investigation by independent risk assessors engaged by QSAC and Workplace Health and Safety. It is not appropriate to comment further."