A 34-year-old Australian part-time university lecturer from Oita City was seriously injured after jumping from the fifth floor of a hotel in Fukuoka’s Hakata Ward on the morning of October 20. The man struck a 51-year-old local company employee who was walking on the sidewalk below. Both sustained serious injuries—she suffered a fractured sternum and other injuries requiring about three months of recovery, while he fractured his shoulder blade—but their lives were not in danger. Police said the man’s wife had called shortly before the incident, reporting he might jump. Authorities are investigating the case as a possible attempted suicide and negligent injury. Source: RKB
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