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.

An American tourist, a 47-year-old man residing in Taiwan, suffered a horrific accident at Rome's Colosseum on Friday (May 2) while attempting to climb a metal fence. According to multiple reports, the man pierced his spine on the fence and was left dangling in agony for over 20 minutes before emergency responders arrived at the scene.