Flyover collapse: Nine Bangladeshis hurt

SHAH ALAM: Nine Bangladeshi construction workers were injured when eight girders of a flyover of the NKVE-Jalan Meru Link near Bukit Raja collapsed. 

The girders, forming a 10m stretch, collapsed at 1.40pm onto the NKVE (New Klang Valley Expressway) below, bringing down 17 workers who were working on it. 

Brothers Nurzzaman Monzin and Shafiqul Mozahar were among those injured. 

“We were dragging a reinforcing cable (which hold together the girders) across the flyover with 15 other workers when I heard a loud cracking sound. 

“The section suddenly collapsed. I managed to break my fall by jumping off the falling panel just before it crashed onto the road. 

“Shafiqul could not escape as he was trapped by the cable he was holding,” Nurzzaman, 30. 

The 28-year-old Shafiqul, who suffered head injuries and a broken leg, is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang. 

DEAD END: Workers putting up barriers after several girders of the New Klang Valley Expressway-Jalan Meru Link flyover near Bukit Raja collapsed Sunday. The girders, forming a 10m stretch, collapsed at 1.40pm onto the expressway bringing down 17 workers working on them. --STARpic by AZHAR MAHFOF

The others who were also warded were Musharaf (head injuries), K. Razu Ahmad Amzad, 39, (head injuries), Alam Agir, 40, (left leg broken), Abu Bakar, 30, (head injuries), Jahangir Alam, 30, (head), Bagt, 28 (left leg broken) and Md. Abd Malak, 38 (head injuries). 

The construction of the NKVE-Jalan Meru interchange started in May last year and was due to be completed at the end of this year. The RM150mil, 7.5km link connects the NKVE to Jalan Meru in Klang. 

Meanwhile, Shah Alam OCPD ACP Abdul Wahab Embong said the affected section of the NKVE would be closed indefinitely until further notice. 

He also said that stretch of the NKVE from the Bukit Jelutong interchange and Bukit Raja toll plaza would also be closed to traffic in both directions until further notice.  

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