Man falls and suffers broken leg after getting tangled in power lines on Harrogate street
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North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service responded to a report of a man who had fallen from height after climbing power lines in Harrogate yesterday.
A fire crew was called to Otley Road at 12.58pm on Tuesday (October 25) to a male who had become tangled while climbing power lines and had fallen.
The crew assisted ambulance crews to move the male casualty onto a stretcher and then help to transport him to the ambulance.
The man suffered a broken femur and was taken to hospital via road ambulance.
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