IPOH – A front hoe driver was crushed to death while clearing some boulders at a quarry area near Simpang Pulai yesterday.
The 48-year-old male victim from Gerik, Perak, died at the scene after being crushed by a 10-tonne boulder that fell from a slope onto the cockpit of his front hoe.
Ipoh district police chief Yahaya Hassan said the victim was clearing quarry boulders between noon and 1am using the front hoe when the boulder dislodged, fell from a height of 25m, and crushed the cockpit of his vehicle.
“He was confirmed dead at the scene by Health Ministry personnel after firefighters removed the boulder from the vehicle at around 6.45pm,” he said in a statement yesterday.
The victim’s body was brought to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital Forensics Department, and the case has been classified as a sudden death. – Bernama, May 28, 2023
