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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

One body recovered at MRT accident site


The body of Bangladeshi worker Mohammad Elahi Hossain has been recovered at the MRT construction site near Kota Damansara where a 650-tonne beam collapsed.

Mohammad Elahi’s body which was found at 2.34am and taken to the Sungai Buloh Hospital for post-mortem.

The search for two other workers, Mohamad Faruk Khan and Mohammad Alauddin Mollik, also Bangladesh nationals, is continuing.

Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) said in a statement later this morning that search and rescue efforts for the trapped workers continued throughout the night and this morning after the 8.30pm crash yesterday.

This was when witnessed a 650-tonne span on the MRT guideway dislodged from its piers and fell to the ground.

The three who were working on the span were thus trapped under the concrete blocks.

MRT Corp chief executive officer Azhar Abdul Hamid said his company and the authorities would take steps to ensure that the cause of the accident is determined quickly.

“No effort will be spared in getting to the bottom of this tragic incident. We will also not spare anyone whose actions are found to have caused or contributed to this accident,” Azhar (left) said.

Initial investigations indicate that the cause of the incident may be localised to the particular span and other spans that have been erected are not affected.

“Immediate checks carried out revealed that there is no reason for members of the public to worry about the other spans that have been built,” Azhar said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who expressed shock over the incident, called for a full investigation to be carried out immediately.

“All parties involved in construction must adhere to the guidelines set by our Department of Occupational Safety and Health and strictly observe guidelines for public safety and health at construction sites,” Najib said.

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