Hotel cleaner arrested after pedestrian killed by falling window on busy Hong Kong street
- Victim from mainland China had just arrived in city with her boyfriend and was walking outside The Mira Hong Kong when she was hit
- Police looking into whether work procedures require opening of window
A Hong Kong cleaner was arrested on Monday after a 24-year-old mainland Chinese woman was killed by a falling window from a 16th floor hotel room in the city’s busy shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui.
A police source said officers were investigating whether the woman, 39, had opened the window to ventilate the room because of the smell of cigarette smoke. He said the window was designed with two layers and a special key was needed to unlock both.
The source said the victim arrived in the city from Foshan, Guangdong province, with her boyfriend and several friends. She was walking along Nathan Road when she was struck outside The Mira Hong Kong shortly before 10.30am.
She was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei but died at 12.16pm, a Hospital Authority spokesman said.
The woman’s 36-year-old boyfriend suffered slight injuries from glass fragments. He was treated at the same hospital and later discharged.