The Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Public Security Police Force (PSP) announced in a statement yesterday that a 25-year-old local woman was injured by a falling object near Wun Ip Building (垣業大廈) on Travessa dos Becos (吉慶巷).
According to the Fire Services Bureau, the woman was struck by a falling plastic signboard section while walking past the location around 12:30 p.m. She sustained contusions to her thigh and waist and was taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre in a conscious and stable condition.
The Fire Services Bureau noted that the plastic signboard measured about 50 cm by 30 cm. The Public Security Police Force added that the item involved was a section of an advertising signboard, and authorities were currently investigating which unit it belongs to.
Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Public Security Police (PSP) officers tend to a woman who was struck by a falling plastic signboard while walking near Wun Ip Building (垣業大廈) on Travessa dos Becos (吉慶巷) at around 12:30 p.m. yesterday. – Pixelated photo courtesy of Macao Daily News
