An American tourist slipped while climbing a spiked fence to take a photo at the Colosseum and required surgery.

According to multiple Italian news outlets, the bloody incident occurred on Friday, May 2, with the unidentified 47-year-old man, who’s also a resident of Taiwan, found hanging on the metal bars at the Piazza del Colosseo, piercing his spine.

A 47-year-old American tourist accidentally impaled himself on a metal fence at the iconic Colosseum in Rome and was left dangling in agony for several minutes. According to multiple Italian media outlets,