A pedestrian is lucky to be alive after suffering minor injuries when window glass fell from a high-rise office building and shattered on the street.
The shocking incident occurred on the corner of Bourke and William streets in Melbourne’s financial district on Tuesday afternoon.
Window glass fell from the building at 140 William Street, in the heart of the city’s legal and financial district.
A video was posted on Reddit showing a gaping hole in the side of a building where the window pane once was.
‘A glass window fell out of my office building today!!!’ the title said.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia that a pedestrian was treated at the scene for “minor injuries.”
“The circumstances have not yet been determined, but the matter is not considered suspicious,” he said.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said there was no need for an ambulance crew to treat the injured pedestrian.
The shocking incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when window glass (in a circle) crashed to the ground on the corner of Bourke and William streets in Melbourne’s CBD, injuring a pedestrian.
The video posted on Reddit titled “A glass window fell out of my office building today!!!” He approaches the huge irregular hole that housed the window glass.
Formerly known as BHP House, 140 William Street is a 41-storey, 152m-high, heritage-listed commercial building built between 1969 and 1972.
At the time of its construction, it was the tallest steel-framed building in Australia.
This skyscraper was the first office building in Australia to implement a “total energy concept”, generating its own electricity using natural gas from BHP.
Social media users were shocked by the incident.
“I bet it would have been horrible to be under that,” one wrote.
“It’s a little hard to explain a window pane clearly bisecting me at terminal velocity on my morning commute.”
One linked the incident to working from home with a tongue-in-cheek joke.
‘Another reason not to go to the office. “Even buildings tell people to stay,” they wrote.
“FAAAAAARRRRRK it’s a bad day to be a pedestrian,” another added.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the address of 140 William Street for comment.