Slide Due To Alcohol 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Nomination for an Honorable Mention.
Lancashire Evening Post, UK. Published: Monday, 17 June 2002, 11:59 AM GMT Reporter: Nicola Adam.
http://prestononline.co.uk/ed/news
an in horror fall at wine bar
A man who plunged three floors down a stairwell was trying to slide down the banister as a drunken prank, it was revealed today.
Police have confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the accident at Fives nightspot, in Preston.
Neil Stonleigh, 38, from Tanterton, Preston, was today in a stable condition in the Royal Preston Hospital following the fall.
He had been drinking at the Guildhall Street wine bar, in Preston, when the incident happened at about 1.10am on Saturday.
He has told police he attempted to sit on a banister as revellers streamed down the stairs following the 1am closing time.
But Mr Stonleigh, under the influence of alcohol, lost his balance and fell over the edge, plunging almost 30ft to the ground.
He suffered serious head and body injuries after falling three floors.
Paramedics fought to save his life at the scene and he was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Royal Preston Hospital in a critical condition.
He remained in hospital over the weekend.
Today a police spokesman said: "Inquiries seem to suggest that he had decided to sit on the edge of the banister and slide down. He then fell off the edge."
Since reading this in the paper,Ive discovered that, among other things he has fractured his skull. Not on landing, as you may expect but by hitting a bannier rail a glancing blow as he zoomed past it.
The irony is that this may actually have saved his life, and prevented him from winning a full Darwin Award.
Apparently he was falling head first and the glancing blow to the skull was enough to twist him, so that he just recieved serious injuries instead of fatal ones. Submitted on 06/24/2002
Submitted by:
PeterMcCann
Reference:
Lancashire Evening Post17/6/02
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