Man taken to hospital after getting stuck in staircase in early hours of New Year's Day

Emergency services were called in the early hours of the new year after a man fell a full storey and got stuck in a stairwell.
By Susie Beever
Published 1st Jan 2020, 10:15 BST
Updated 1st Jan 2020, 10:16 BST
A male had to be taken to hospital after falling from an attic bedroom down onto the next floor and finding himself stuck in a stairwellA male had to be taken to hospital after falling from an attic bedroom down onto the next floor and finding himself stuck in a stairwell
A male had to be taken to hospital after falling from an attic bedroom down onto the next floor and finding himself stuck in a stairwell

The male suffered a leg injury after getting himself stuck not long after the ball dropped on Wednesday morning.

Crews from West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service had to cut away part of the staircase at the property on Jim Allen Lane in Midgley, Calderdale, after being called at around 1am.

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The male, whose age West Yorkshire Fire has not specified, was taken to hospital by ambulance to be treated for his injuries.

In a brief released on the incident, the fire service said: "Male stuck in stairwell of domestic property after falling from an attic bedroom to the first floor, casualty was suffering a leg injury and crews cut away staircase to extricate casualty who was then transported to hospital by ambulance.

"Pumps from Illingworth and Rastrick attended."

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