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US accident victim gets first double hand and face transplant

A 22-year-old man from New Jersey who suffered horrific injuries in a car accident has become the world’s first person to undergo a successful face and double hand transplant, his medical team announced Wednesday.

Joe DiMeo sustained third-degree burns on over 80 percent of his body when he fell asleep while driving home from a night shift in July 2018, causing his car to flip over and then explode.

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