Man impaled on statue during Mummers Parade in Philly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man slipped and impaled himself on a statue during the annual New Year’s Day Mummers Parade in Philadelphia.

Fire officials say the man climbed onto the George Washington statue in Eakins Oval about 4 p.m. Tuesday, slipped and impaled himself on a statue below.

The man has been taken to Hahnemann Hospital where he is being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. The man’s name has not been released.