NSW: Tourist in serious condition after Sydney stair fall

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2007
NSW: Tourist in serious condition after Sydney stair fall

SYDNEY, Aug 26 AAP - A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after falling
down a set of stairs at The Rocks, in central Sydney, an ambulance spokesman says.

The 41-year-old Welsh tourist was found semi-conscious at the base of a set of stairs
at the back entrance to a popular hotel off Cumberland Street about 10.45am (AEST) today.

A helicopter was called to take the man to hospital, but paramedics stabilised him
at the scene and he was taken to St Vincent's Hospital by road.

His condition was described as serious.

The spokesman said the circumstances of the man's fall were not known.

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