A 300-tonne concrete span collapsed at an MRT worksite within the former Rubber Research Institute (RRI) near Kota Damansara last night. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, August 19, 2014.
Three MRT construction workers, all Bangladeshis, are feared dead after being trapped under a 300-tonne concrete span that collapsed at the MRT worksite near former Rubber Research Institute (RRI) in Kota Damansara last night.
MRT Corp in a statement said the workers feared dead were Mohamad Faruk Khan, Mohammad Elahi Hossain and Mohammad Alauddin Mollik.
"Rescue efforts are currently ongoing and an emergency response team is on standby at the site," the statement said.
A span of the MRT guide way had dislodged from its piers and fell at 8.30pm yesterday while construction work on the parapet for the guideway was being carried out, reported Bernama.
The span, which was made up of 14 units of segmented box girders, was 38m long length and weighed 300 tonnes.
MRT Corp chief executive officer Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid, who was at the site, expressed deep regret over the incident.
"Although investigations are under way, MRT Corp assumes full responsibility for the incident. Once investigations are completed, action on those responsible will be taken," he was quoted as saying.
- TMI
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