Yeah, the anime handled that badly.
In the novel he knocks the girl and himself out of the way, but loses his balance and ends up on the ground. Then something changes the angle that the pole was falling so they'll land on him and the girl.
Both of Touma and random girl are lying on the ground, so he only really has time to push the girl out of the way, who seems to have no spacial awareness at all.
Then Mikoto saves him
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