Falling plasterboards injure two

KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo) Two people sustained broken bones Friday when plasterboards fell from the ceiling of a makeshift passageway at a construction site in the JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station building.

Police said a 62-year-old woman sustained multiple broken bones and a 47-year-old woman suffered a fracture in her right arm after 30 plasterboards, weighing about 18 kg each, fell onto the passageway around 9:25 a.m.

A 45-year-old man who was working on the ceiling fell but was unhurt.

The Kagoshima Prefectural Police are investigating the accident on suspicion of negligence by the construction company that is doing expansion work on the building.