Police: Man critical after doing a back flip off the Fiedler Footbridge

State Police report finding a man who plunged 50 feet off the footbridge around 2:20 p.m.

Witnesses said the man was leaning his back against the concrete wall on the east side of the footbridge - which connects the Esplanade with Beacon Street - when put his arms out and appeared to do a back flip up over the wall and down toward the roadway below. The man did not land on Storrow Drive itself, but rather, plummeted farther down to the Berkeley on-ramp, which at that point is lower elevation than the main line. The distance he fell was an estimated 50 feet at least.

State Police say the man, still unidentified, is in critical condition at Mass. General. He's black, apparently in his 20s. He wore jeans, a dark shirt, black socks and black sneakers. Anyone with information about his identity or who saw him on or near the footbridge can contact State Police at 617-727-6780.