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Man dies after falling from Christmas tree in Kirkcaldy | Man dies after falling from Christmas tree in Kirkcaldy |
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A police investigation has been launched after a man died after falling from a town's Christmas tree. | A police investigation has been launched after a man died after falling from a town's Christmas tree. |
The alarm was raised in the early hours of Friday when the injured man was found in Kirkcaldy by people leaving a nearby nightclub, Kitty's. | |
The man, who has not yet been identified by police, was taken to hospital but later died. | The man, who has not yet been identified by police, was taken to hospital but later died. |
A police cordon has been put up around the 12ft fir tree, which is located outside Kirkcaldy Town House. | A police cordon has been put up around the 12ft fir tree, which is located outside Kirkcaldy Town House. |
'Phoned ambulance' | |
Mario Caira, the nightclub's director, saw the man fall from the tree on to the grassy area below. | |
He said: "He'd climbed the tree, he was up in the tree holding on to the top. | |
"When he fell I thought he was actually winded. | |
"I went over to check on the guy and when he wasn't coming round I phoned an ambulance. | |
"Our condolences go to him and his family." | |
Mr Caira said the man, who looked to be in his 50s, appeared to be by himself and had not been in Kitty's that night. | |
He believes the man's death was a freak accident, adding: "I'm not medically trained in terms of what happened when he fell but I reckon you could do that a thousands of times and you would walk away." | |
Neil Crooks, convener of the Kirkcaldy area committee on Fife Council, said: "This is a tragic thing to happen at this time of year. Our thoughts are with his family." | |
Another councillor, Alistair Cameron, said: "I was very sad to hear about this tragic news this morning especially given the circumstances." | |
Police Scotland said the death was not being treated as suspicious. Enquiries are continuing, and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal. |