Emmerdale fans have been pleading 'not Sam' after the Dingle favourite was seen impaled on a piece of farming machinery. The ITV soap's 50th anniversary windstorm stunt claimed its first vicitm on Monday night (October 17) when viewers discovered Harriet Finch had died in a freak accident.
But by the end of the half-an-hour-long episode, fans were left fearing for another much-loved character as in Sam's haste to get away from a cow stampede, he divided over some hay bales and was caught trapped on a piece of farm machinery, with a spike going straight through his shoulder.
As the episode ended it didn't look good for Sam with half-sister Belle Dingle and Nate Robinson, who had already been crushed by the charging farm animals who had been spooked by the raging storm, looking on horrified. READ MORE: ITV Emmerdale's Sam Dingle star James Hooton reveals how 'spike' was created in horror scenes And it was just the characters who appeared horrified as Emmerdale viewers admitted to 'gasping' over the gruesome accident.
But it also caused a divide, with some slamming Sam's impalement as 'unnecessary'. @ReidShaneP tweeted: "Jesus @emmerdale what a way to kill off Sam.
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