American tourist plunges to her death from 29th floor of Hong Kong hotel

An American tourist has di£d after plunging from the 29th floor of a Hong Kong boutique hotel and seven people on the ground were also injured.

 

The woman, only identified as a 69-year-old, fell to her de@th just after 9 a.m. Monday, May 4, after going to the pool deck of the Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island, located in the bustling commercial district of Wan Chai, the South China Morning Post reported.

 

The tourist battled depression and had stopped taking her medication in March, a police source told the outlet. Her husband had left the hotel for a doctor’s appointment just one hour before the tragedy.

 

A resident, 74, was injured by the falling tourist and she was rushed to the Queen Mary Hospital where she was put in intensive care.

 

The impact caused glass panels in the hotel entrance to shatter, which injured six others, including the local woman’s sister, 77.

 

Among those wounded was a Chinese mom, 40, and her 10-year-old son; as well as another mom, 41, and her son, 8.

 

An 89-year-old American woman was also injured, according to the Morning Post.

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