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Man Injured After Falling Off Float at Veterans Day Parade, NYPD Says

By Ben Fractenberg | November 11, 2016 4:43pm

FLATIRON — A man was seriously injured after falling off a float at the Veterans Day Parade Friday afternoon, officials said.

The 39-year-old man fell at Fifth Avenue and 27th Street at about 2:11 p.m. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and was expected to survive.

The victim, whom police described as a nonactive military member, was “alert and conscious” after the fall, an NYPD spokesman said.