Man stuck up 32ft lamp-post in Birmingham
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A man thought to have taken an illegal high became stuck at the top of a lamp-post and was rescued by firefighters.
The man somehow scaled the 32ft (10m) lamp-post in Handsworth, Birmingham, and became stranded at the top for an hour.
Crews used a ladder from a hydraulic platform to get him down. A spokesman said they had no idea how he got there.
The fire service tweeted he had taken an "illegal high" and the incident could have "ended very differently."
Blue watch @HandsworthFire @HighgateFire rescue man swinging from lamppost, great multi agency work with @WMASHART AND @WMPolice pic.twitter.com/1HDExl5S9L
— Handsworth Fire (@HandsworthFire) June 30, 2018
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of a man in "a precarious position at the top of a lamp-post" just before 22:00 BST on Saturday.
He was treated for a hand injury and taken to Sandwell Hospital.
A West Midlands Police spokeswoman added: "We were called to reports of a man up a lamppost in Holly Road, Handsworth, at around 9.50pm. He came down around an hour later and was taken to hospital."
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This was an unusual incident over the weekend.
— West Midlands Fire (@WestMidsFire) July 2, 2018
The man, under the influence of an illegal high, had to be brought down by fire crews and ambulance personnel using a hydraulic platform.
This could of ended very differently... https://t.co/7id7fk9Xbw