Man impaled on fence after falling off ladder

A Rotorua man was impaled on a fence today after falling from a ladder.

Emergency services were called to a house in Rotorua about 2.40pm today after the contractor man, who was painting the house, fell from his ladder and became impaled on a fence through his upper thigh.

Police, along with firefighters, paramedics and animal control officers were called to the house.

A Fire Service spokesman said the Fire Service was called as "manpower" to help get the man off the fence.

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