Driver dies after head crushed between dump truck, excavator at Hong Kong construction site
- Police are investigating whether negligence was involved in incident, insider says
![Lai Kong Street site in Kwai Chung. A driver has died after his head was badly crushed. Photo: Handout](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1020x680/public/d8/images/canvas/2024/07/25/b7ddac21-68e5-423e-953d-7cd0df539a47_d0254428.jpg?itok=BWqIdGIR&v=1721883999)
A dump truck driver died after his head was caught between his vehicle and an excavator at a Hong Kong construction site in Kwai Chung on Thursday, which sparked a move by authorities to suspend the contractor from tendering for public work.
Police said the driver had been standing behind his truck and working in a space between the vehicle and an excavator at around 9.59am at the Lai Kong Street site in Kwai Chung.
“A preliminary investigation indicated that during the rotation of the excavator’s operation cabin, the driver was struck and pinned between the truck and the rotating compartment,” a police source said.
Workers promptly alerted emergency services.
A police spokesman said the case was being treated as an industrial accident and the Labour Department had been notified.
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