Man falls from pole during T20 World Cup celebrations
- 2 days ago
This is the heart-stopping moment an Indian fan plunged 30ft after trying to tie a flag around a pole during wild T20 World Cup celebrations.
Indian cricket fans in their hundreds took to the streets to celebrate their team's historic win against South Africa on Saturday (29/6).
During the festivities, two fans are filmed climbing to the top of a pole at Queensbury tube station to hang a flag there.
Around half-way up, one of the men can be seen losing his grasp of the pole and falls backwards into the crowd.
After the man falls, an ambulance arrives at the scene followed by an air ambulance at around 7.50pm.
A local resident said the air ambulance was grounded for around 30 minutes before it took off without the man.
The resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I live near the underground station where people were gathered.
"I didn't see the man fall but I saw the air ambulance arrive.
"The helicopter was on the ground for 30 minutes.
"It landed in a park five minutes from the underground station, and then the medics from the helicopter went from the park to the station.
"They attended to the person and went to the helicopter and left."
Indian cricket fans in their hundreds took to the streets to celebrate their team's historic win against South Africa on Saturday (29/6).
During the festivities, two fans are filmed climbing to the top of a pole at Queensbury tube station to hang a flag there.
Around half-way up, one of the men can be seen losing his grasp of the pole and falls backwards into the crowd.
After the man falls, an ambulance arrives at the scene followed by an air ambulance at around 7.50pm.
A local resident said the air ambulance was grounded for around 30 minutes before it took off without the man.
The resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I live near the underground station where people were gathered.
"I didn't see the man fall but I saw the air ambulance arrive.
"The helicopter was on the ground for 30 minutes.
"It landed in a park five minutes from the underground station, and then the medics from the helicopter went from the park to the station.
"They attended to the person and went to the helicopter and left."