A village house collapsed in San Wai, Ha Village, Yuen Long. At 8pm today (17th), the roof of an old village house near the three-level historical building "Shihong Study" in the village suddenly collapsed, and a 90-year-old mother-in-law She couldn't walk away and was crushed by the collapsed bricks and injured her feet.
Firemen arrived at the scene and rescued her mother-in-law. Fortunately, she was sober and was sent to the hospital by ambulancemen for treatment.
The collapsed old village house is located at No. 89 San Wai, Ha Village, and the Shihong Study Room at No. 124 is diagonally opposite.
The incident occurred at about 8:34 tonight. Sources on the scene said that the roof of the village house suddenly collapsed. The 90-year-old mother-in-law couldn't escape, her foot was crushed by the collapsed wall and was injured. She hurriedly called for help. Other villagers Hearing the call for help, he rushed to see the situation and called the police.
An ambulance arrived and took the injured mother-in-law to Tin Shui Wai Hospital. According to sources, the mother-in-law was carried on a stretcher bed and was awake when she was sent to the ambulance.
The police enclosed the scene for investigation, and the fire rescue team was on the spot to search for any other villagers trapped.
It is understood that the village head of Xinwei followed up the roof collapse of the old house at the scene, and believed that the mother-in-law involved was only slightly injured and no life threatened.
Yuen Long District Councillor Tang Jialiang also attended the scene. He asked the police to seal off the old village houses believed to be dangerous buildings. For the time being, other people would not be allowed to enter, so as to avoid regenerating accidents when the roof collapsed.
The Shihong Study Room adjacent to the site was built in the 1910s and was identified as a third-level historical building on August 31, 2010.
In the early days, Shihong Study Room mainly provided Bubu Zhai teaching for the children of Xinwei in Ha Village, Yuen Long, and was gradually replaced by Yougong School in Xinsheng Village in the 1930s.
In the early days of the Japanese occupation (1941 to 1945), the study room became a shelter for Chinese refugees.
In the 1960s, the study room was converted into a kindergarten, and it is now the place for Tang's banquets and gatherings.
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