Shoppers scattered for cover when Christmas lights came crashing down in a busy street.
Hundreds of people were in East Street in Brighton when the illuminated decorations fell to the ground, scattering glass over the pavement.
Most managed to dodge the lights but one man was caught on the shoulder by an electric cable which dropped 15ft on Saturday at about 5pm.
Shards of glass and the electric cable lay across the entrances of Russell and Bromley, Coast and Molton Brown.
Fire crews were called amid fears the cable could still be live and the lights were made safe.
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