Falling log crushes lorry driver to death in Gua Musang

GUA MUSANG – A lorry driver was killed by a falling timber log while unloading at a sawmill in Gua Musang yesterday.

Gua Musang police chief Sik Choon Foo said the incident occurred at about 2.15pm when Norazian Hamdan, 53, who had just started work two months ago, was trying to unload the log as usual by opening four chain-locks except the middle section. 

“When he was opening the chair lock, the victim went to the right side and pulled the chain before a timber log suddenly fell on the victim’s body.

“The victim was pronounced dead when receiving treatment at Gua Musang Hospital,” he said in a statement today.

Sik said an investigation at the scene of the incident found there were no criminal elements.

“Based on a post-mortem by a forensic medical officer, death was due to massive blood loss secondary to a ruptured mesenteric artery in an industrial injury.

“The case was classified as sudden death,” he said. – Bernama, May 9, 2023