California Man Visits Emergency Room While High on Drugs, Ends Up Stuck Inside Hospital Ceiling: Police

The walk-in patient broke through ceiling tiles in the ER bathroom to crawl through the HVAC system.

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California Man Visits Emergency Room While High on Drugs, Ends
Upland Police Department

A man believed to be under the influence of drugs caused chaos at a California hospital after crawling into the emergency room ceiling and getting stuck, according to authorities.

The man, a walk-in patient, entered San Antonio Regional Hospital night around 9 p.m. local time and was last seen on surveillance footage entering a restroom, Upland police said. Officers arrived to find that he had broken through ceiling tiles and was somewhere above the ER.

Using a pole camera, police located the man wedged under a steel beam on top of an HVAC unit in complete darkness. The man eventually responded to officers, admitting he was stuck and unable to free himself.

Firefighters from the San Bernardino County Fire Department spent nearly an hour extricating the man from the confined space filled with wires, plumbing, and HVAC lines, according to a report from KTLA News Channel 2.

The incident caused over $5,000 in damage to the hospital's ceiling, electrical wiring, and HVAC system. Despite the disruption, hospital staff maintained uninterrupted emergency room services.

The unidentified man was arrested for felony vandalism and taken to jail.

Originally published by Latin Times

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