It's funny really because when something gruesome like that happens, not many people know about it at first. Everyone knows something has happened, because there's a line of cop cars, a couple of ambulances, and an air ambulance at the scene, and they're calling it a "serious incident". But they don't want to tell you what happened because it's not very nice to think about. So instead people think about what else could have happened, and when the words "wood chipper" get around, people think of much more gruesome things than losing a foot, you think instead of someone losing both legs and flailing their arms around before getting completely shitmixed. You'd think they're better off just saying what really happened.