IPOH: A front hoe driver was crushed to death while he was clearing some boulders at a quarry area near Simpang Pulai today.
The man, aged 48, from Gerik, Perak died on the scene after being crushed by a 10-ton boulder that fell from a hilly area onto the cockpit of his front hoe.
Ipoh district police chief Yahaya Hassan said the victim was clearing quarry boulders between noon and 1pm using the front hoe when the boulder dislodged and fell from a height of 25m and crushed the cockpit of his vehicle.
“He was confirmed dead at the scene by health ministry personnel after firefighters removed the boulders from the vehicle at around 6.45pm,” he said in a statement today.
The victim’s body was brought to the forensics department at the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun here, and the case has been classified as a sudden death.