Concrete slab at highway construction site collapses, two workers injured

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Bangladeshi construction workers were injured after a concrete slab and metal reinforcements at a new highway site above the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), near here, collapsed, this evening.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) chief, Norazam Khamis said both the victims, in their 20s and 40s, were carrying out construction works under the 12-metre high concrete structure, near the Kota Damansara exit toll, when the incident occurred at 7 pm.

"A construction worker was slightly hurt while another was seriously injured on the waist after being hit by a chunk of rubble. They were sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment," he said when contacted by Bernama here, today.

Norazam said JBPM received an emergency call on the incident at 7.13 pm and dispatched a fire engine with eight firemen to the scene.

"The rescue operation ended at 7.34 pm," he added.

-- BERNAMA