Broadbeach rescue: Man saved after sleeping on crane

A man has been rescued after a member of the public looked up and spotted his lofty resting spot a Gold Coast construction site.

General, generic file photo of Queensland Ambulance Service advanced care paramedics responding to a medical emergency in Cairns. Picture: Brendan Radke

A man has been taken to hospital after he was found sleeping on a crane’s ballast on the Gold Coast.

Emergency services were called to the site on the corner of Charles Ave and Old Burleigh Rd at Broadbeach, after a member of the public looked up and saw a man lying on the crane at about 7.30am on Friday, a Queensland Police Service spokesman said.

The man eventually woke and climbed down the ladder with the help of technical rescue crews, a Queensland Fire Department spokesman said.

He was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said.

The QPS spokesman said there would be no charges in relation to the matter, given it was mental-health related, although warned police did not endorse this behaviour.

The ballast of the crane is the weight at the bottom that keeps the crane from toppling.

Originally published as Broadbeach rescue: Man saved after sleeping on crane