KUCHING: An elderly forklift driver was killed in a workplace accident at a factory in Pending Industrial Estate yesterday (Mar 15).
Kuching police chief ACP Mohd Farhan Lee Abdullah in a statement, said that they were alerted to the incident around 4 pm.
Following that, a team from Bintawa police station, along with paramedics, was dispatched to the scene.
“Upon arrival, they found the victim, a 70-year-old man, trapped between a pallet pile and the forklift blade, which had pierced his left chest.
“Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, and his body was sent to Sarawak General Hospital for a post-mortem,” he said.
Mohd Farhan said the case has been classified as sudden death and urged the public not to speculate.
Anyone with information can contact Bintawa police station chief SM Siti Mariam Hamid at 016-4661345, Bintawa police station at 082-335930, or the nearest police station.
