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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Jul 27: A portion of the ceiling at the Central railway station here collapsed on Thursday July 27, injuring at least one person.
It is learnt that several passengers were standing in a queue at the ticket counter in the railway station, when a part of the ceiling suddenly came crashing down.
Most of the passengers escaped unhurt, while Biju Mathew from Kannur, Kerala, sustained head injuries. Biju had come to Mangaluru with his mother Thresiyamma for her treatment and was in the queue with the others.
Biju has been admitted to Wenlock hospital, where his condition is said to be stable.
Sources say that such incidents of the ceiling wearing off and falling on people is a regular sight in the Central railway station.