Worker Drops Window from 4th Floor

Fri 17th Sep, 2010

Munich. A man who only stepped outside a bar to smoke a cigarette, was hit from the 4th floor by a falling window.

He was standing in front of a pub when a window dropped on his head. A worker accidentally dropped it from the 4th floor. The man suffered head injuries which were treated in the ambulance when it arrived, confirmed Munich police.


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