Man tries to jump over Public Garden fence, doesn't quite make it, impales himself

By adamg on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 9:59pm

Live Boston reports that on Saturday, Boston police officers and EMTs rushed to one of the Public Garden fences along Charles Street after a man attempting a feat of derring-do instead wound up impaled on one of the fence's pointy bars.

Responders were able to free him and rush him to Tufts Medical Center for emergency care.

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Back Bay

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Public Garden

Charles Street

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Comments

I think he finally got behind

By Finn on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 10:33pm.

I think he finally got behind the point of said fence.

Enquiring minds want to know

By anon on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 8:00am.

Where on his body did said impalement occur?

Are there gates

By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 11:06pm.

That they lock at night or something?

I never endeavored to visit at a late night hour, because I figured that wasn't the point of the Public Garden.

I don't think they lock the gates?

By tape on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 11:31pm.

Anyway, if this happened on the Charles Street side, there's only three entrances -- one each at the NE/SE corners and one halfway between, and it's probably a couple hundred yards in between. I can easily envision a young man who's either had a few or honestly just generally being a youthful idiot deciding it'd be faster (or more impressive to his buddies) to just try to hop over.

I remember the gates being locked once or twice

By ScottB on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 1:10am.

But that was due to special events in the area.

The Public Garden does have some spots which are pretty at night -- like the bridge or the equestrian statue of Washington with the FiDi skyline behind it. It's also useful as a cut-through when walking from the Back Bay to Park Street and vice versa.