Pedestrian sustains head injury on bridge ramp

Fredericton police advise man taken to hospital by ambulance after fall Thursday

A significant emergency-response presence descended on a southside ramp off the Westmorland Street Bridge on Thursday evening to deal with a man in some kind of distress.

Fredericton police officers were dispatched at the Smythe Street off-ramp from the bridge at 8:13 p.m. Thursday, police spokesperson Sonya Gilks told the Fredericton Independent on Friday, “for a male who was possibly involved in an accident or having a medical issue.”

Ambulance, fire department and police personnel responded to the Smythe Street off-ramp of the Westmorland Street Bridge on Thursday after receiving a report of a pedestrian who sustained a blow to the head. (Photo: Submitted/David Sneekes)

Ambulance and fire department personnel were also dispatched to the scene.

“... It was determined from speaking with a witness that a male was having trouble standing up and was using a street sign to hold him up when he fell over and struck his head off the curb,” Gilks wrote in an email.

The individual was taken by ambulance to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital for treatment, she said.

Gilks said the police force didn’t have an update on the man’s condition as he was outside officers’ purview once he was transported to hospital.

Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.