PITTSBURGH — A University of Pittsburgh student trying to impress a woman by leaping from one rooftop to another instead fell into a narrow gap between the buildings near campus and had to be rescued, police said Tuesday.

The student, a 22-year-old from nearby Indiana Township, fell between buildings in the city’s Oakland neighborhood and became wedged in a narrow, debris-filled space. It took rescuers about four hours to free him.

The couple apparently got onto the roof by climbing an exterior fire escape. After the man fell, the woman alerted campus police, who called city police.

‘‘The young man met a girl, brought her up to a rooftop and decided to impress her by leaping from one roof to the next,’’ said Sonya Toler, a spokeswoman with the Department of Public Safety.

A paramedic was lowered on a rope to check on the man before other paramedics led him to safety.

The man was bleeding but conscious, and broke his ankle in the fall.

Police were considering whether to file criminal charges.

Associated Press