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The iron gate crushes the female security guard |

2022-08-18T04:35:36.025Z


On Monday (15th), a 43-year-old female security guard Wei Yujun was crushed to death by an iron gate at the Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Health Centre. Three days after the incident, the iron gate that caused the accident was still intact, lying at the entrance and exit of the parking lot of the Maternity and Infant Home.


On Monday (15th), a 43-year-old female security guard Wei Yujun was crushed to death by an iron gate at the Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Health Centre.

Three days after the incident, the iron gate that caused the accident was still intact, lying across the entrance and exit of the car park of the Maternity and Infant Home, while the police enclosed the area of ​​the site with blue tape, and posted a notice instructing citizens and vehicles to get out of the Maternity and Infant Home’s parking lot. Side door access.

The reporter asked the staff of the Maternity and Infant Hospital whether the iron gate had broken down two weeks ago, but received no response.


Wei Yujun's family revealed yesterday (17th) that the police had said that the electric iron gate that caused the accident had been found to be faulty two weeks ago, and it could no longer be turned on and off electrically, so it needed to be pulled manually.

Wei Mu asked the relevant authorities why they did not repair it in time and needed to be responsible for the incident.

"Hong Kong 01" has inquired about the incident with government departments.


The incident happened at about 6 o'clock in the evening on Monday. When Wei Yujun, a female security guard, was about to close an iron gate about 4.7 meters by 2.5 meters in the parking lot of Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Health Centre, Yan Cheung Road, the iron gate suddenly collapsed. Wei was caught off guard and was hit by the iron gate. , the back of the head and other places were seriously injured. Several security guards witnessed the situation and immediately called the police for help. They worked together to lift the iron gate to rescue the injured. Wei was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for surgery for 6 hours, which was postponed to Tuesday (16th). He died at 0:13 in the morning.

The police classified the case as an "industrial accident" and officers from the Yau Ma Tei Division are investigating the incident.

Iron gate crushes female security guard|Government inspects similar electric gates in one to two weeks and completes iron gate crushing female security guard│Deceased mother asks: No repairs for two weeks after failure The sensor malfunctioned and the switch "crossed the dragon" collapsed and crushed the gate of the Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Health Centre. Security EMSD and the Labour Department arrived at the scene to investigate the gate of the Yau Ma Tei Maternal and Child Home and crushed the security engineer. It is expected to generate 1,800 pounds of force. The female security guard at the Maternal and Child Health Center was crushed and died after 6 hours of rescue

Source: hk1

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