Man rescued after falling from a tree in Brighton park

12:30pm Wednesday 6th February 2013 in News

Emergency services rescue a man who fell from a tree in Wild Park, Brighton Emergency services rescue a man who fell from a tree in Wild Park, Brighton

A man had to be rescued last night (February 6) after plunging from a high tree he had decided to climb.

The man, believed to be in his 20s, clambered up the tree in woods off Wild Park, Brighton, at about 5pm.

A South East Coast Ambulance spokesman said: “It’s lucky he had his mobile phone with him.

“He has some injuries but they are not believed to be serious.”

The man called paramedics but it was so dark they could not find him. They contacted firefighters who used powerful flashlights to locate him.

Firefighters carried him to an ambulance waiting in the park. He was driven to hospital at about 6.15pm.

A firefighter said he was not sure why the man climbed the tree.

He said: “He was walking in the woods and he just decided to climb it, I think.

The man was wrapped in a foil blanket and carried on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance.

 Were you the man involved? Email anna.roberts@theargus.co.uk

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Comments(8)

Crystal Ball says...
12:32pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Stooopid!

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Angie Wright says...
12:50pm Wed 6 Feb 13

It's the tree's fault! Chop it down .

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Harlem shuffle says...
12:57pm Wed 6 Feb 13

That is an exciting video, left me on the edge of my seat.

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mark by the sea says...
12:59pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Harlem shuffle wrote:
That is an exciting video, left me on the edge of my seat.
Phone battery run out?

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fredflintstone1 says...
1:00pm Wed 6 Feb 13

May be he was scared by the sheep? Or just wanted to climb a tree before the Council chopped more of them down? Wish him well.

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mimseycal says...
1:10pm Wed 6 Feb 13

I used to climb trees a lot when I was young and often get the urge to climb one now. Sadly I am physically incapable of it now but I can understand the urge to climb trees.

Well done for finding the intrepid climber and a speedy recovery to the arboreal ascender

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Surely not! says...
1:29pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Intriguing that climbing trees has become a bizarre or even regarded as a 'stooopid' activity. Why did he climb the tree?.. because it was there and it looked like a good tree to climb of course. Hopefully my tree climbing days will go on for a while yet... although I do have to be a bit more circumspect these days. Get well soon.

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Sussex jim says...
3:49pm Wed 6 Feb 13

He need not worry. The anti-motor Greens are not likely to build a by-pass there yet.

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