A man has been caught on camera taking a daring leap off the fifth storey of a Gold Coast balcony after police received reports of a “disturbance”.
Video footage captured by shocked onlookers shows the man dangling from a balcony at the Canopy unit complex in Palm Beach shortly before 11am on Sunday.
The video zooms in and shows an officer appearing to try and speak with the man.
“He can’t climb back up,” a person can be heard saying in the video as they watched the drama unfold.
Vision obtained by 9News captured the heart-stopping the moment the man let go of the balcony and jumps into a swimming pool below.
The man was filmed dangling off the edge of the balcony. Picture: 9News/Channel 9
He eventually plunged into the pool below before running off. ...
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