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- Russian man died after falling onto metal spikes on hotel balcony
- He was climbing between balconies to get into his own room
- He slipped and became impaled on the railings at Pattaya hotel
- The man was cut free but later died in hospital from his injuries
A Russian man has died in Thailand after falling onto metal spikes while trying to climb over a balcony into his hotelroom in Thailand.
The man had returned to his hotel in Pattaya at around 4am, when he found that he had lost his keys and so woke up the guests in the room next door.
The unnamed Russian then ventured onto the fourth-floor balcony, and was trying to climb into his room on the outside of the building when he slipped and fell.
Horrific: The unnamed man was trying to climb into his room on the outside of the building when he slipped and fell onto the metal railings designed to prevent guests doing just that
Witnesses say he was heard screaming for help after landing on black metal railings which had been put in place to prevent guests doing exactly what he had attempted to do.
Images show him desperately holding on as blood pours from his impaled leg down the front of the white building.
Rescue workers arrived at 5am and used ropes to hold him up while giving him oxygen.
He was eventually cut free with the metal still stuck in his leg and lowered on a stretcher by a crane before being rushed to Pattaya City Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead a few hours later.
Onlooker Tivakorn Kitameene said: ‘I could hear him groaning very badly. He was in pain, very bad pain and panicking.
Images show emergency crew trying to rescue him as as blood pours from his impaled leg down the front of the white building
Tragedy: Although he was eventually freed, the man later died in hospital
‘The rescue team arrived quickly but because of the height it was difficult to get help to him.
‘They had to use the machine and the position was awkward. It took about one hour to release him from the metal spikes.
‘He did not have his key and tried pushing his own door open then went into another room. It was terrible to watch and hear him in pain.
‘It’s sad, and it did not have to happen. He should have waited for the reception to open later in the morning and asked them for a new key.’
Rescue workers from the Sawang Boromtham foundation performed the rescue. They said they received a call for help at 5am this morning in the Bang Lamung district of the city.
A spokesman said: ‘The primary injuries were serious and the victim had suffered severe blood loss. The medical team provided close supervision. We will need to wait to find more information about the wounded man.’
Police were not investigating as the man’s death as rescuers said it was not suspicious. Staff at apartment block where it happened did not release the name of the man.