Burst
Written by: Chen Nuoxi and Guo Qianwen
2021-05-14 13:44
Last update date: 2021-05-14 16:47
At about 11 am today (14th), the police received a report that a 63-year-old male worker suddenly fainted during a break at a construction site at No. 15 Zhuyun Street, Sheung Shui. Invalid proved dead.
Sources at the scene stated that the male victim was engaged in iron works and the site involved was the Drainage Services Department.
Checking the information, the above site is undergoing a water purification facility project in Shek Wu Hui.
After the incident, the Labour Department has sent staff to the scene to find out.
According to sources, the deceased man is married and has a daughter with his wife. He is a casual worker on the site and earns about 1,500 yuan a day.
Before the incident, he had told a worker that he had chest pain, and then went to rest next to him, suddenly fainted and fell into a coma, but he died after being sent to the hospital.
The relatives and friends of the deceased went to the hospital to find out afterwards, saying they felt abruptly about the incident.
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