PETALING JAYA: A Bangladeshi construction worker has died of injuries suffered when metal scaffolding collapsed at a construction site of the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway yesterday.
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The 43-year-old victim died at Sungai Buloh Hospital’s emergency ward at about 7am, and an autopsy confirmed that he had suffered from multiple organ failure due to a heart attack, Berita Harian reported.
Petaling Jaya police chief Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said: “The victim suffered serious injuries as a result of being hit by a collapsed metal scaffolding and his condition was critical when he was being treated at the hospital yesterday.”
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Two workers were injured in the incident. They were carrying out construction work under a 12m high concrete structure, near the Kota Damansara exit toll, when the incident occurred at 7pm.-FMT