Man dies after 30ft fall onto railings

A YOUNG man died in agony in a freak incident yesterday after he fell from a drainpipe and became impaled on railings.

Blood stains marked the pavement on Limerick’s Clare Street which showed the path taken by the victim after he was lifted off the metal spikes by a horrified friend.

But the man, who suffered massive internal injuries, collapsed just yards away. He died later in hospital. Gardaí, for family privacy reasons, last night withheld the victim’s name.