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Woman killed while dining as slab falls from hotel

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Woman killed while dining as concrete slab falls from Montreal hotel
at 21:27 on July 16, 2009, EDT.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL - A woman dining at a downtown Montreal restaurant was struck and instantly killed by a piece of falling concrete Thursday evening.

The 33-year-old victim was dining with her husband at the Mikasa Sushi Bar when a slab of concrete fell off a hotel on Peel Street, near the corner of De Maisonneuve Boulevard.

The slab of decorative concrete came crashing through the atrium window of the restaurant, located in the ground floor of the Marriott Residence Inn, from about 17-storeys above.

The woman's death was pronounced at the scene.

Montreal police say the victim's husband, also 33, lost some fingers and was also treated for severe shock.

"He may have lost a few fingers but he's in hospital in a stable state," said Const. Olivier Lapointe.

Lapointe said a section of Peel Street, which is in the heart of the city, was expected to remain closed for several hours as a precaution while the fire department inspected the building.

It's not clear what caused the slab, about one metre by one-and-a-half metres, to come off the side of the building, Lapointe said.

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OMG what a way to go. RIP.

Holy crap! Un-Lucky..

I just hate it when that happens...

Didn't a guy in europe get crushed today too? something about madonna's concert, saw it on CTV news

^ Yup, stage fell in Marseille, France while being built.

**Update** Make that 2 dead. RIP.

Fuckin' harsh!
Hope she made it past dessert! HA!

not only does your spouse die in front of you in a horrific manner.

you also get to lose a few fingers. knowing his luck it's both thumbs.

hopefully she was a real biatch and he's been scheming for a way out. but knowing life, she was a great person who did a lot of charitable work with blind crack addicted babies.

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Originally Posted by achiam (Post 6511360)

Fuckin' harsh!
Hope she made it past dessert! HA!

Yeah, that's not funny. :rolleyes:

I realize this is the internet but have some respect.

Watched it on the news, Sad.
RIP

It really reminds me, that life is really f**king short.

wow talk about random chance of winning the 649, thats really unlucky.. RIP to such a horrible death

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Originally Posted by CRS (Post 6511368)

Yeah, that's not funny. :rolleyes:

I realize this is the internet but have some respect.

Sorry, was on a caffeine high when I wrote that.

i'm slow :( . were they eating on an outdoor patio or sth? or was it something from the interior that fell on them? :confused:

wow, RIP. At least the wife died and got it over with. The husband is gonna live w/ it (minus a few fingers) his whole life.

RIP. The chance of something like that falling on you has got to be quite low.

That guy should sue for millions.

saw this last night , tons of cops around there at the time everyone was freaking out

holy shit......

what would have made this more interesting is if she was supposed to be a passenger on flight 447

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Originally Posted by Hot Karl (Post 6511367)

yup, thats life, the stuff like this almost never happens to the gangster drug dealer whose also beats women.

The guy that's gonna become a doctor and whose helping kids read etc. . he'll die tragicly. .Life is fucked up sometimes.

holy shit i feel really bad for the husband ya hes still alive but he just watched his wife get crushed 2 feet in front of him. RIP to the wife and hopefully the guy will be able to recover mentally someday.