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| Firefighters remove roof to reach man impaled on table leg in St Albans | Firefighters remove roof to reach man impaled on table leg in St Albans |
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| Fire crews have had to remove part of the roof of a house to rescue a man impaled on a table leg in his loft. | Fire crews have had to remove part of the roof of a house to rescue a man impaled on a table leg in his loft. |
| Ambulance crews were called to the property in St Albans just after 6pm on Saturday, the East of England ambulance service said. | Ambulance crews were called to the property in St Albans just after 6pm on Saturday, the East of England ambulance service said. |
| The man was brought out of the section of roof by firefighters with the metal table leg still attached and taken to St Mary's hospital in Paddington, west London. | The man was brought out of the section of roof by firefighters with the metal table leg still attached and taken to St Mary's hospital in Paddington, west London. |
| An ambulance service spokesman said: "This was a very delicate incident to deal with and our crews, a critical care paramedic and Hart operatives worked extremely hard alongside the fire service in a very difficult environment to treat, stabilise and immobilise him before he was removed out of the roof to an awaiting ambulance. | An ambulance service spokesman said: "This was a very delicate incident to deal with and our crews, a critical care paramedic and Hart operatives worked extremely hard alongside the fire service in a very difficult environment to treat, stabilise and immobilise him before he was removed out of the roof to an awaiting ambulance. |
| "Due to the confined space, the fire service removed a section of the roof so the patient could be passed through on to their aerial ladder which brought him down to ground level." | "Due to the confined space, the fire service removed a section of the roof so the patient could be passed through on to their aerial ladder which brought him down to ground level." |
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