A piece of bamboo pierced a man's bottom after he jumped off a bridge in southern China on April 27.

The video shows firefighters and paramedics trying to carry the injured man into an ambulance in Suining City in Sichuan Province with a foot-long piece of bamboo sticking out of his bottom.

According to reports, the man jumped off a bridge on purpose after installing a signboard on it.

However, he fell and became impaled on the bamboo.

The man was still conscious when he was sent to hospital for treatment.