15 Nov 2015

Pair injured in roof fall

2:46 pm on 15 November 2015

Two people have fallen through a skylight over an amusement arcade in Timaru in the same place as a teenager fell to his death earlier this month.

Jordan McKeown

Jordan Logan McKeown, 14, died in a fall at the same location. Photo: Supplied

Emergency services were called to Virtue Avenue in the South Canterbury town about 10.45pm on Saturday.

The pair had walked across the roof of the arcade and had fallen through the skylight. Both were taken to Timaru hospital with injuries.

On 7 November, Jordan Logan McKeown, 14, died after he fell through the roof at the same location while playing with friends. His death has been referred to the coroner.