Abseiling window cleaner hurt in fall

Maarten Holl

FALL: Emergency services attending an incident on Bolton St in central Wellington, where it appears an abseiling workman has been injured.

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EMERGENCY SCENE: The scene of the fall, from approximately five storeys up.

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A parked car broke the fall of an abseiling window cleaner who fell several stories from a building on the Terrace in Central Wellington today.

The man, in his 30s, fell from approximately the 5th floor of a high rise office building from the rope where he was working at 12.18pm.

He landed in Bolton St, adjacent to The Terrace.

He received emergency treatment at the scene and was transferred to Wellington Hospital with leg and lower back injuries.

Wellington Free Ambulance Team Manager Kate Worthington said the incident could have been much more serious if the man's fall was not broken by the parked car.

"He is very lucky indeed."

A police cordon around the area has now been lifted.

Another workman was at the scene but was not injured.

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