Woman hurt by falling tennis court panels in Yau Ma Tei; man arrested
A 63-year-old woman was injured when two large plastic panels fell from a tennis court canopy at the Indian Club in Yau Ma Tei on Wednesday. Police arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of allowing an object to fall from a height; the case is under investigation.
A 63-year-old woman was injured on Wednesday afternoon when two plastic panels fell from a height near Gascoigne Road in Yau Ma Tei, prompting police to arrest a man in connection with the incident.
Police received a report from a passer-by at 1.11pm that two panels had fallen near Queen Elizabeth Hospital Path and struck a woman. The victim, surnamed Lam, sustained leg injuries and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital conscious.
Initial investigations suggested the panels, each measuring about 2 metres by 4 metres, were tennis court canopy panels that had fallen accidentally from the Indian Club, a private club at 24 Gascoigne Road.
Police arrested a 34-year-old non-Chinese man on suspicion of allowing an object to fall from a height. He is being detained for investigation. Sources said the man is from Nepal and holds a Hong Kong identity card.
The case has been handed to the Yau Tsim police district crime investigation team for follow-up.