KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi construction worker was killed after he was buried in a pile of soil near the junction of Jalan Jelatek, here this afternoon.
It is learnt that the victim and his colleague had earlier dug a hole about three-meters deep to install underground pipes.
However, the soils collapsed onto them causing both to be buried.
City Fire and Rescue Department chief operations officer Samsol Maarif Saibani said two fire engines and 12 firemen from Keramat and Wangsa Maju fire stations were deployed to the scene at 11.49am.
"The firemen took about two hours to dig the ground using a hoe in order to locate and rescue the victims.
"At first, we used a bulldozer but as soon as we saw the victim's head, we started to use a hoe as we fear injuring their bodies," he said.
Samsol said the fireman managed to extricate both victims but one had died from breathing complications.
The body, he said, was sent to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for post-mortem.
Another victim who was involved in the incident escaped with injuries, said Samsol.