Woman dies after fall from Wan Chai hotel, strikes female pedestrian below

A woman died on Monday morning (May 4) after falling from a hotel in Wan Chai and striking a female pedestrian below. Two other people were also injured by shattered glass at the scene.

Police said they received a report at about 9am from staff at a hotel on 246 Queen’s Road East, initially indicating that a man and a woman had fallen from height. Officers later confirmed that only one woman had fallen.

The woman, believed to be a foreign national, died at the scene after hitting a female passerby, who was injured but remained conscious. She was taken to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment.

It is also understood that the impact shattered glass at the scene, injuring a 40-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son nearby. The mother was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital for treatment.

The case is under investigation.

 

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