Lee Redmond, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long fingernails has lost them in a car crash. Redmond’s nails, which hadn’t been cut since 1979, were broken in the crash. According to the Guinness Web site, her nails measured a total of more than 28 feet long in 2008, with the longest nail on her right thumb at 2 feet, 11 inches.
Salt Lake County Sheriff‘s Lt. Don Hutson says Redmond was ejected from an SUV in the crash and taken to the hospital in serious condition.