Accident at construction site kills one, injures four


HULU SELANGOR: An accident at a construction site here has left one dead and four injured.

District OCPD Supt Lim Bak Phai said that the incident occurred at a factory that was still under construction in Bukit Beruntung on Friday (March 9) morning.

It is believed that metal scaffolding from the site fell onto the workers there.

"An Indonesian man was found dead while three foreign workers were injured during the accident," he said in a statement issued today.

The survivors have been sent to the Sungai Buloh hospital for treatment.

"The cause of the accident is still under investigation," he added.

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