Date:  23-Feb-2016

It was reported that a foreign construction worker was killed while two others were injured when the earth collapsed on them while they were installing pipes at a construction site in Ara Damansara, Selangor

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Mohd Sani Harul said the department received a distress call at 11.52am.

“Six firemen were deployed to the scene. “The two victims were taken out of the 3m hole while the other victim was pronounced dead at the scene,” he said.

The two victims were sent to Kuala Lumpur Hospital while firemen are in the midst of retrieving the body of the last victim.