A person was left unconscious after being hit by a chunk of concrete that fell from a constructing at a demolition web site in central Tokyo on Monday morning, police mentioned.
The person, a safety guard who was directing site visitors on the web site within the capital’s Minato Ward, was despatched to hospital along with his head bleeding, in accordance with the Metropolitan Police Division.
The piece of concrete, apparently from an exterior wall, is believed to have fallen from across the fifth ground of the constructing via a development enclosure.
The injured man is in his mid-60s.
An exterior wall all of a sudden got here off, and one thing like a stone fell down, in accordance with one other safety guard who was close by on the time of the accident. Passers-by might have been injured within the accident, the guard mentioned.
The demolition work began in April, in accordance with a discover posted on the web site. Building of a 12-story workplace constructing is scheduled to start out in January subsequent 12 months.
