A half-naked man fell from a third-floor window ledge while allegedly hiding from his lover’s husband.
The shirtless man dangled desperately from a third-floor apartment window before crashing to the pavement while trying to flee his lover’s partner.
Footage filmed by stunned neighbours shows the man wearing nothing but black shorts as he clings with both hands to the outside of the building.
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Suddenly, he loses his grip and plummets onto the concrete as onlookers on the street scream from below.
Witnesses said the man had been inside the flat with a married woman when her husband suddenly arrived home and walked in on them.
The panicked lover then scrambled out of a rear window to avoid a confrontation.
Neighbours immediately called the emergency services after the man fell to the ground on the afternoon of 12 October.
Municipal police officers and Civil Protection paramedics raced to the residential complex in Cancún, Mexico, to treat the injured man at the roadside.
The accident happened at the Cielo Nuevo complex near Isla Saona Avenue and Isla Palermo Street in the holiday resort.
He was stabilised on site before being rushed to Cancún General Hospital Jesús Kumate Rodríguez for health checks, as reported by Need To Know.
The full extent of his injuries have not been confirmed, with some later reports indicating he had not suffered any major trauma.
Police remained at the scene and spoke privately with the couple involved, but no arrests were made.
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