PETALING JAYA: A 53-year-old woman died when a fragment of a statue fell on her during the Maha Kumbabishegam or consecration ceremony of a Hindu temple in Ipoh today.
Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the woman sustained severe head injuries after the fragment fell from the top of the Arulmigu Visalatchi Sametha Kasi Visvanathar Temple at 9.50am.
“The woman was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead during emergency treatment,” he said in a statement.
Two other women sustained light injuries.
A video clip of the incident, which shows the temple grounds filled with worshippers and the fragment falling, is making the rounds on social media.
Police have classified the case as sudden death.