Myanmar forklift driver crushed to death by falling container

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PORT KLANG: A Myanmar was crushed to death when a falling container from a crane fell on the forklift which he operated at the West Port industrial zone here early Saturday.

The 31-year-old unidentified victim died on the spot. He sustained head and body injuies.

The crane operator, a Bangladeshi, escaped unhurt in the incident about 4.20am.

Klang Fire and Rescue Department Senior Superintendent Ahmad Zaidi Safuan said the victim and the crane operator were unloading goods at a container store when the incident occurred.

He said initial investigations revealed the operator of the crane which was carrying the container, had suddenly braked, causing the latter to sway and fall.

He said a team of firemen had failed to lift the container as it exceeded the fire truck’s capacity.

Ahmad Zaidi said the department was forced to use a crane belonging to a private company to lift the container before cutting the forklift to extricate the body of the deceased.

The body was sent to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang. –BERNAMA