A tragic incident in Japan resulted in the death of a 23-year-old woman when a man fell from a 12-storey block of flats and landed on her. The man survived the fall, while the woman, identified as Tomohiro Inaba, succumbed to haemorrhagic shock after being taken to the hospital.
The man, Nobushige Taguchi, also a shop worker, landed on the victim as she was walking under the window. Taguchi survived but sustained severe head and chest injuries, leaving him in a coma and fighting for his life in the hospital.
The incident occurred near Yabamachi Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijo Line, an area with numerous high-rise buildings. Emergency services responded to a report of the fall, with the victim’s friend, who was walking with her, being the one to alert the authorities.
Authorities are investigating whether the fall was accidental or intentional, while forensic teams have cordoned off the area to gather evidence. The man was not a resident of the building, prompting further inquiries into the reasons for his presence there.
This tragedy in Japan echoes a similar incident in Milan, where an 83-year-old woman died after being hit by a pensioner who jumped from a fourth-floor apartment. The investigation revealed that it was not a suicide attempt but a tragic accident involving strangers.