ALOR GAJAH: An excavator driver on his first day at work died after he was crushed when the machine overturned while he was levelling land at a farm here this evening.
Alor Gajah police chief Arshad Abu said the victim, Mohamad Sabirin Umar, 29, suffered severe injuries on the head and died at the scene.
Firemen took about 20 minutes to remove the body.
“The victim was found dead at the driver’s seat in the overturned vehicle with his head trapped in the machine’s roof at about 3.15pm.
“The driver had just started work as an excavator driver today after becoming unemployed this year,” he said in a statement here tonight.
The case was classified as sudden death and the man’s body has been taken to Alor Gajah Hospital for examination and Covid-19 test before a post-mortem tomorrow. - FMT
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