Weak ceiling tile falls three stories onto student’s head
Constant rainfall has weakened ceiling tiles, one of which fell and hit a student in business building.
Police section off the area where the ceiling tile fell on a student’s head earlier today. Photo by Mohammed F. Emran | Staff Photographer
January 28, 2016
At about 12:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a weak ceiling tile fell on a student’s head as he was standing in the College of Business lobby.
“The tile was wet and fell right on his head as he was talking to his friend,” according to senior marketing major Sumit Patel, who was sitting nearby and saw the incident.
The student, whose name is unknown, was seen sitting at a table by Outtakes with several students around him asking if he was alright. A crowd of about 30 people were standing around the hall. When his face was not in his hands, the student appeared visibly flushed.
The tile was shattered in the middle of floor with water slowly dripping from the ceiling as well.
Police came at 12:30 p.m. to talk to the hurt student and started to put police tape around the fallen tile.
Supposedly, earlier in the day maintenance was inspecting the ceiling tiles.
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Andrew Fraieli is the opinions editor for the University Press. He can be reached at [email protected] .
Anon • Jan 28, 2016 at 9:13 pm
This boy better get free tuition!!