The PSNI say a man was taken to hospital after climbing to the top of a Christmas tree in Derry before falling.
In a circulated video, the man is seen climbing the tree in Waterloo Place.
He reaches the top and a person filming it shouts ‘get back down, get back down, get back down son’.
The man appears to be attempting to come back down and baubles fall off before the camera captures the man falling from a height onto the ground.
In distressing scenes, the man lies motionless as the man who was filming asks if he’s okay.
An individual can then be heard asking if he needs an ambulance.
The PSNI said: “Police received a report just after 4.45am on Saturday, January 5, that a male had climbed a Christmas tree in Waterloo Place in the city centre of Derry and had fallen.
“Police and NIAS responded, and the man subsequently attended hospital.”
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council said that it has only recently been made aware of an incident involving a Christmas tree in the city centre.
It added it was engaging with all of the relevant agencies to establish the facts of the incident.
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