An elderly couple sheltered underneath an umbrella as glass "exploded" above their heads without warning at an inner city Queenstown mall today. There was no warning of the glass pane imploding at O'Connells Shopping Centre, believed to be caused by scorching temperatures in the city. People were forced to shake broken glass off their clothing after the accident, which happened around 5.30pm this evening. A witness said around 10-20kg of glass littered the streets, crunched by the feet of hundreds of pedestrians out on New Year's Eve. A bystander said the shopping centre building was due for refurbishment and that the glass might've been in the building for "quite a number of years".

Source: Otago Daily Times December 31, 2019 08:26 UTC