Shopping mall's wall panels fall over, hit car

The wall panels of a Quezon City mall fell and hit a car along the driveway on Saturday afternoon, according to a tweet by Super Radyo dzBB's Luisito Santos.

JUST IN: JUST IN: Bahagi ng pader ng SM Sta. Mesa, bumagsak! Isang sasakyan at driver nito nadamay @dzbb pic.twitter.com/u4CvZyDAlx

— Luisito Santos (@luisitosantos03) February 15, 2020

In its statement, the SM Supermalls said that the male customer inside the car at the SM City Sta. Mesa had been taken to a nearby hospital by an Emergency Response Team.

"For the safety of everyone, the area has been closed temporarily to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic," the statement read.

READ: Opisyal na pahayag ng SM Supermalls sa nangyaring pagbagsak ng bahagi ng pader ng SM Sta. Mesa @dzbb pic.twitter.com/PMJIdwiZRO

— Luisito Santos (@luisitosantos03) February 15, 2020

Meanwhile, the Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office's Search and Rescue Team also responded to the incident. 

According to QC DRRMO Public Information Officer Ares Gutierrez, the injured motorist sustained abrasion on the right arm was taken to the nearby Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital by the mall's medical team.

While an investigation into the matter has started, Gutierrez said a QC Department of Building Official would also inspect the incident site on Sunday.

— Joahna Lei Casilao/DVM, GMA News