Woman Injured After Playing Drunken Knife Game: Report

OAK CREEK, WI — Authorities in Oak Creek say a man called police after his girlfriend stabbed herself by accident.

According to Oak Creek police call logs, a man called 911 a just after 5 a.m. on Oct. 20 after the his girlfriend fell on a knife and cut her leg after a night of drinking.

When police arrived at the Emerald Row Apartments to investigate the matter, the woman reportedly told officers she was flipping a large bread knife and trying to catch it for fun.

According to police call logs, she missed catching the knife, and when she tried to re-catch it, she lifted her leg up and accidentally cut her leg open on her left shin area.

Police said her boyfriend immediately called 911 and placed a tourniquet on her leg. She was transported to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa for her injuries, police said.