A worker has died after an iron beam fell at a construction site near the border-crossing facilities of Hong Kong’s mega bridge connecting mainland China and Macau.
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Police said on Thursday that they received a report at 1.58pm that an iron beam had fallen at the site, hitting two workers.
One of them was certified dead while the other was injured in the wrist and shoulder. The injured worker has been sent to North Lantau Hospital for treatment.
The incident happened on Shun Wui Road, which is located on the artificial island that houses the border crossing facilities of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, according to the force.
A red rainstorm signal had been in effect in Hong Kong as tropical cyclone Danas approached the city at the time of the incident.