Two construction workers were killed on Wednesday after they were hit by an 800-kilogram metal signboard that fell from a pallet.

According to police, the accident occurred at around 11 a.m. at a highrise building construction site near Hiroo Station in Tokyo's Minato Ward. TBS reported the men were working on a multilevel car park when the signboard fell from a truck six meters above them.

The two workers who were hit were aged 60 and 28, police said. They were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

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