A United States tourist visiting Rome was impaled on a metal fence at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Friday.

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

In 2023, a British tourist carved his name and that of his significant other into the Colosseum walls and faced a criminal penalty of up to five years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines.