Alleged thief critical after 6m fall at Sydney CBD Westfield
An alleged thief is fighting for life in hospital after falling 6m in a Sydney CBD shopping centre.
Police say the 29-year-old had been trying on a pair of shoes at a store on the corner of Pitt and Market streets in the Sydney CBD just before 4.30pm on Thursday.
A man has been hospitalised after falling from a railing in a busy shopping centre while allegedly attempting to steal shoes. Picture: awi_wu/Tik Tok
He allegedly fled the store without paying for the shoes.
A staff member took pursuit and chased him into a neighbouring shopping centre.
The man then jumped a railing and fell 6m to the ground below.
He was treated at the scene for a serious head injury and taken to hospital in a critical condition.
He remains in hospital with critically injuries.
An ambulance at the scene where an alleged thief has been taken to hospital after falling 6m in a Sydney CBD shopping centre. pictur : TikTok
One witness posted on social media that they were walking through the Westfield when they came across the man.
'Myself and my family were walking on the bottom floor and heard moaning and we turned the corner and there was a man at the bottom of the escalators with blood everywhere and he was wiggling,' they said.
'I thought he was stabbed, we got out of the shop fast.'
The man fled the Pitt St store with allegedly stolen shoes. Picture NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard
Another witness shared an account saying a man 'almost' landed on a passerby.
'I don't know what to do, my friend tried to hold him down, his jacket (was) smeared with blood.'
Police have urged any witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers or local police.
Originally published as Alleged shoe thief critical after falling 6m in Sydney CBD shopping centre
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