A 69-year-old woman was injured when a street lamp collapsed onto her after a drunken man leaned against it.

The incident occurred in the town centre of Nowy Targ, Poland, on Thursday, 15th May.

CCTV footage shows a man appearing unsteady on his feet, leaning against the lamp post, which then suddenly topples onto the woman walking past.

The woman, who was reportedly on her usual route to pick up her grandson from preschool, was struck by the falling structure and sustained head injuries.

She was assisted by nearby shop workers before emergency services arrived.

A shopkeeper who helped the woman said: "I was one of the first to run to help her. I tried to bandage her. Blood was pouring from her head like from a tap.

"I asked how many fingers she could see. She said two. I asked if she could feel her legs. She said yes. She was responsive, but her eyes were darting left and right.

"We laid her down, stopped the bleeding, and waited. It all looked terrible."

The woman, who was not named, received stitches for her head wound and was later discharged from the hospital.

The 50-year-old man, also not named, who leaned on the lamp also fell and was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Witnesses reported that the base of the lamp post appeared corroded, raising concerns about the maintenance of street infrastructure.

One local resident commented: "What happened here was like a scene from a disaster movie. First, everything shook, literally as if there was going to be an earthquake. Then I saw the fire brigade, police, and ambulance, followed by journalists, camera flashes, and TV crews. Tents were set up, the passage was closed. A nightmare."

The local government has initiated inspections of other street lamps in the area, and police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.