A 45 year-old man fell about 25 feet from a spiral staircase in Alumnae Hall Thursday evening, according to officers from the Department of Public Safety and Providence Police.
The man, who is not affiliated with Brown, was participating in a Narcotics Anonymous meeting on the third floor of Alumnae Hall when he fell off the circular staircase. "He decided to show his friends how to slide down the banister," DPS Sgt. Robert Enos told The Herald. "He was fooling around."
Two University caterers witnessed the fall and made official statements to the PPD, according to DPS Campus Police Officer Cory Patenaude. The fall was an accident, he said.
The victim was "bleeding from the head" and may have had a broken leg, Enos said.
Students going to the Gate in Alumnae Hall were advised by DPS officers to avoid the blood on the floor, but most students did not seem fazed by a bloody jacket and sheets at the scene. The main passageway in Alumnae Hall, where the incident occurred, was not restricted by police officers.
