High-Rise Turtle Falls, Strikes Man in Head
Associated Press
HONG KONG —
A man walking to work was beaned by a falling turtle, according to news reports today.
A freshwater turtle weighing more than two pounds struck 36-year-old Lui Wai-kwong on the head, bruising Lui’s temple and badly injuring the turtle, the accounts said. The tortoise plummeted from a high-rise residential building.
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