KEMEROVO, October 11 (RIA Novosti) – An intoxicated Russian man survived a fall from an eighth-floor balcony when he landed on a car, Siberian police said Friday.
Police said the 23-year-old resident of Russia’s coal mining Kemerovo Region in western Siberia was drunk and had argued with his girlfriend while partying with his friends in an eighth-floor apartment.
“According to the man, he simply lost his balance while out on the balcony and fell off onto a Toyota vehicle parked below,” the region’s police said in a statement.
“Despite falling from such a height, the man survived and was even able to get to his feet unaided after the fall,” the statement said.
The car, however, did not get off so lightly, but sustained damage to its hood, bumper and lights.
Witnesses who saw the man plunge toward the ground called the police. The man was taken to a hospital, where his condition was described as satisfactory.
Investigators and police officials are now looking into the incident.
