A U.S. tourist visiting Rome needed 80 stitches after he was impaled while climbing over a fence at the Colosseum, local ...

An American tourist in Rome impaled himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum while possibly trying to take a selfie — ...

An American tourist slipped while climbing a spiked fence to take a photo at the Colosseum and required surgery.

According to multiple Italian news outlets, the bloody incident occurred on Friday, May 2, with the unidentified 47-year-old ...

An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified tourists, ...

The tourist climbed up one of the Colosseum's railings but slipped and fell onto a sharp metal spike - which pierced his ...

An American tourist impaled himself on a metal fence at the iconic Roman Colosseum on Friday after climbing the railing to snap a selfie or get a better view, the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero ...

An American tourist, a 47-year-old man residing in Taiwan, suffered a horrific accident at Rome's Colosseum on Friday (May 2) ...

The horror accident last week saw the 47-year-old slip as he climbed up the metal fence between the Colosseum's seven-metre ...

Image via Shutterstock It's safe to say that this American tourist probably learned from his mistake after suffering a truly ...

By Patricia Mazzei Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Sunday Mass at churches in Rome Cardinal Jean ... cardinals at a church near the Colosseum. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo ...

Whilst Russell Crowe famously played Maximus Decimus Meridius in 2000's Gladiator, he was given a helping 'hand' by his ...