The swift action of Harrogate Business Improvement District street ranger Chris Ashby may have saved a man’s life this morning.
Mr Ashby (pictured) found a young man hanging from a tree in Library Gardens, shortly after 6.15am.
He was working on the town’s floral displays at the time.
Mr Ashby told the Stray Ferret:
“At first I thought that the man, who I estimate to be in his 20s, was asleep up against the tree, but then I noticed the rope around his neck and I used a large pair of scissors to cut him down.
“He was blue, but still breathing, so I put him in the recovery position and called the emergency services.”
Emergency services in Harrogate’s Library Gardens this morning.
An ambulance and police were quickly on the scene and after attention by paramedics, the young man was taken to hospital.
Mr Ashby said he was on duty an hour earlier than usual, tending to town centre floral displays ahead of Britain in Bloom judging that takes place later today.
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