Worker crushed to death when large piece of metal falls at Hong Kong construction site


A 55-year-old worker was crushed to death when a four-metre-long piece of metal fell onto him at a construction site in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

The man was dismantling a metal structure at a Tung Yuen Street construction site in Yau Tong soon after 11.30am when the incident happened, according to police.

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