KLANG: One foreign worked died while four others were injured by falling debris when scaffolding at a construction site along the Jalan Langat Light Rail Transit (LRT) 3 track in Bandar Bukit Tinggi collapsed this afternoon.
It is understood that the incident occurred at 2.15pm.
Klang Selatan district police chief Assistant Commissioner Shamsul Amar Ramli said four of the foreign workers involved were Bangladeshi while one was Indonesian.
All the men are in their 30s.
Rescuers had earlier managed to pull out four workers from the rubble. They reportedly sustained light injuries.
They were also working to rescue a Bangladeshi worker who was trapped under the debris.
However, police later confirmed that the trapped worker had died.
His body was recovered at 4.20pm.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department Services director Norazam Khamis said firemen from the Port Klang and Shah Alam stations were deployed to the scene.
He said it is understood that the scaffolding around the structure gave way as the construction workers were pouring wet cement into one of the columns, which resulted in the collapse.