2023-08-08 09:37:09
Concrete in Mong Kok fell and pierced through the roof of the bus. Fortunately, no one was injured. There was a precedent 10 days ago
[Updated report at 17:27]The police arrested a 47-year-old man surnamed Liao. He was the person in charge of the decoration project of the Xinxing Building involved. He was arrested on suspicion of allowing objects to fall from a height. He is currently being detained for investigation. The seventh team of the District Criminal Investigation Team followed up.
After preliminary investigation, the police believed that the building’s exterior wall was under construction, during which a piece of concrete regarding 25 by 25 centimeters fell from a height and hit a passing bus.
[Yahoo News Report]Since July 29th, there has been a concrete fall accident in the Xinxing Building in Mong Kok. This time, it even hit the bus and pierced the roof of the bus! At around 9 a.m. this morning (8th), the police received a report from a KMB driver, saying that when the 30X bus involved was driving to the opposite side of Xinxing Building, No. 603 Nathan Road, concrete fell and pierced the bus. Well, luckily no one was hurt. The police pointed out that personnel from the Buildings Department had arrived at the scene to follow up, and the case was handed over to the Mong Kok Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. According to pictures on the Internet, the giant hole pierced by concrete is regarding 30 centimeters in diameter, and the debris is scattered all over the place.
The Xinxing Building where the incident occurred was on July 29, and similar incidents have already occurred. At regarding 8 a.m. that day, regarding 50 centimeters by 30 centimeters of concrete peeled off from the canopy of the building and fell onto the pavement. No one was injured.
The Urban Renewal Authority responded to media inquiries on July 31, saying that Xinxing Building was one of the first batch of cases handled by the “Building Renewal Action 2.0”. It was once affected by the epidemic and might not carry out the repair works according to the required schedule. The postponement was approved, and as the epidemic eased, the building corporation stepped up its work, held an owner’s meeting in February this year to hire a construction contractor, and awarded a contract to start the project in March.
Concrete from Mong Kok fell and pierced through the roof of the bus, forming a huge hole. (Facebook group of Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area)
Concrete from Mong Kok fell and pierced through the roof of the bus, forming a huge hole. (Facebook group of Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area)
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