Tree repairer died of heatstroke | The deceased had retired in the Mainland and stayed in Hong Kong to work

The death of a tree repairer in Tuen Mun was suspected of being a heatstroke. The 67-year-old deceased, Huang Chuanbang, was a retired kitchen worker. Due to the epidemic, he was unable to return to the mainland to enjoy his retirement. He was bored and found a slope repairer to pass the time. After being sent to the hospital, he succumbed to death. The happy family of four was broken in an instant. When his wife and children recognized the body, they cried to death.

The eldest son of the deceased told "Hong Kong 01" that his father had been a slope maintenance worker for more than a year, helping to clean up and move the branches on the slope. According to his understanding, his father's work place required the joint efforts of many people to carry them one by one in a "human chain". tree branches.

At the time of the incident, my father had just eaten lunch and was building trees with several workers on the slope of the Tai Lam section of Castle Peak Road. During the scorching sun, the workers were sitting on the ground in a "hot summer". They were surprised to find that my father was unconscious on the ground.

He pointed out that his father worked in the kitchen for many years before retiring and returned to the Mainland to live after his retirement. Due to the epidemic, customs clearance was far from complete. In recent years, he stayed in Hong Kong to pass the time as a slope repairer.

He also said that his father also worked in extremely hot weather last year, and he did not expect this tragedy to happen. Since his father was in good health, the cause of death was pending an autopsy report.

The contractor promised to help the family deal with the aftermath, but the mother could not accept the sudden death of her wife, and she was still emotionally unstable and washed her face in tears.

The man who repaired the tree was in a coma due to suspected heat stroke and sent his dead wife to the hospital, crying and heartbroken