In a bizarre incident a 110 - pound dog thrown from a two-story window landed on a man in the street. The man was bruised but alive on Wednesday after the incident that occurred in the southern-Polish city of Sosnowiec.

The Saint Bernard dog was pushed out of the window by its drunken owner Monday, police said.

"The dog had a soft landing because it fell on a man," police spokesman Grzegorz Wierzbicki told Reuters news agency. "The dog escaped with just a few scratches."

The one-year-old dog, named Oskar, was placed in an animal shelter while police investigate its owners for animal abuse.

The man seems to be more in a psychological state of shock than physically hurt, says the police spokesperson.