According to multiple Italian news outlets, the bloody incident occurred on Friday, May 2, with the unidentified 47-year-old ...

A 47-year-old American tourist accidentally impaled himself on a metal fence at the iconic Colosseum in Rome and was left dangling in agony for several minutes. According to multiple Italian media ...

(KTLA) – An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified tourists, ...

The tourist climbed up one of the Colosseum's railings but slipped and fell onto a sharp metal spike - which pierced his spine, leaving him dangling from the fence screaming until he fell unconscious ...

An American tourist was impaled in the Roman Colosseum after trying to climb a fence for a selfie, the 47-year-old was trying to get a better angle when he fell into the spikes falling unconscious, he ...

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the ...

before a emergency workers freed him A 47-year-old man was impaled at the Colosseum in Rome while climbing the fence for a photo The man was dangling from the metal spikes for over 20 minutes ...

An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified tourists ...

The man fell and was skewered by the sharp metal bars of the fence. He began screaming and bleeding profusely until he became unconscious, the newspaper reported. An ambulance rushed to the scene ...

(KTLA) – An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified ...