KUALA LUMPUR: A construction worker died when a backhoe toppled over on its side and fell on the man today.
City Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman said the department received a distress call at 4.52pm and a team of firemen were deployed to the construction site at Jalan Kapas, Bukit Bandaraya here.
“When the team arrived at the scene, they discovered a backhoe which had toppled into a construction pit, and fell on its side, crushing the victim.
“Firemen managed to extricate the victim, identified as Tan Kok Ming, 31. However he was pronounced dead by the medical team at the scene,” he said in a statement.