A piece of concrete falls wounding a man in front of the hotel Wanderlust

SINGAPORE: A man was injured after being hit by a concrete fall in front of the Wanderlust Hotel on Dickson Road, Tuesday, November 27.

In a video broadcast on social networks, this man – who is believed to be a 35-year-old Malaysian national – is assisted by a staff member of the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) while he is still on the run. he was lying on the ground, in the middle of fallen debris.

The SCDF reported that he had been alerted by a call for medical assistance around 11:40 pm, adding that the injured had then been taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

It is understood that the man who was sitting in front of the hotel when the plasterboard fell on him was injured in the spine and could no longer move the lower part of his body.

A spokesman for the Construction and Building Authority (BCA) said the police had notified him "an architectural item fell outside the Wanderlust Hotel" at 12:30 pm.

The BCA engineers immediately inspected the incident site and found that an architectural plaster tape, estimated at 4.0m by 0.3m, had fallen from the second floor of the building. 39, building, "said the spokesman.

"As an immediate precaution, the affected area located just below, where the architectural element fell off the building, and other parts of the facade with the similar element were buckled."

The spokesman added: "BCA has asked the building owner to appoint an engineer to investigate the cause of the incident and to inspect the condition of the remaining facade of the building, as well as to carry out the work of the building. permanent rectification recommended by the EP. "

The four-storey building, which dates back to the 1920s, is part of the Little India Conservation Area.

BCA continues its investigations into the incident.