A window cleaner is fighting for life in hospital after falling from a 11 storey building and landing on a passing car in San Francisco, America.
Passersby looked on in horror as the unnamed man fell, screaming from a height believed to be around 150ft. He was said to be preparing to wash windows at the Sterling Bank and Trust building in downtown San Francisco, California, when he suddenly slipped and fell
Onlookers told the San Francisco Fire Department that he appeared to be dangling from a rope before he fell from the building and landing on the roof of a Toyota Camry, shattering the back windows.
A Twitter user, Maa-Becca Tucker said that the man looked lifeless, adding: “his fall was as if another car came from above and fell on top of the car.”
Bystanders helped to divert traffic while calling the emergency services.
The man suffered life-threatening injuries and is currently in a critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital. He underwent surgery on Friday night. [myad]
