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Drunk Man Impaled on Fence He Tried to Climb Near United Nations, NYPD Says

By  Trevor Kapp and Aidan Gardiner | July 18, 2017 8:13am 

 The Upper East Side man's left leg was pierced by a 2-inch fence spike, police said.
The Upper East Side man's left leg was pierced by a 2-inch fence spike, police said.
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MIDTOWN — A drunk Upper East Side man's leg was impaled on a 2-inch spike when he tried to scale a fence near the United Nations headquarters Tuesday morning, police said.

The 34-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately released, left a cab at the FDR service road and East 49th Street about 2:50 a.m. and tried to take a shortcut through Peter Detmold Park, an NYPD spokesman said.

However, the man, who lives on the Upper East Side, got his leg pierced by a fence spike, police said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he's listed in stable condition, police said.

He was not expected to be arrested, police said.