Man dies after being hit by a falling sofa in Barcelona

Man dies after being hit by a falling sofa in Barcelona
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By h.b. - Sep 9, 2011 - 6:01 PM
The sofa had been thrown off the second floor balcony as it did not fit down the stairs

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A 48 year old man died in Barcelona today, Friday, after being hit by a falling sofa last Wednesday.
He was hit by the sofa, which had been hurled from a balcony during a private move.

It happened in Calle de Sant Pau in the Ravel area of the city, and the sofa had been thrown down by a friend of the victim from the second floor balcony above. It seems the friend below was trying to warn the friend above that there were people walking in the street when the piece of furniture hit the victim on the head.

He was taken to hospital in a serious condition, but died there on Friday.

The Mossos d’Esquadra regional police have already indicted the friend, 55 year old Antonio A.A. on a charge of negligent homicide.

It appears that after the two men established that the sofa did not fit down their stairs, they decided to throw it off the balcony.

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