Two crushed to death in bizarre factory accident

Posted on August 18, 2013, Sunday

HORRIFYING END: Medical personnel from Miri Hospital inspecting the bodies upon arrival at the factory yesterday, where the two were pronounced dead at the scene.

MIRI: Two general workers of a tyres factory in Miri-Kuala Baram road died on the spot from serious head injuries, after a truck’s rim from tyres that they were working on flipped out of control before the side ring crushed them.
The bizarre incident occurred around 5pm at the factory located at about 20km from the city centre.
The deceased, identified as Lumpong Charlie, 36, and Nono Hartono, 32, have been brought to Miri Hospital for a post-mortem.
According to sources, there were among four workers working in the area at that time, before the rim flipped from the tyres and crushed Lumpong and Nono.
The other two workers had a lucky miss.
One of the dead had his face badly crushed in the incident.


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