Container overturns, crushes man and vehicle in Klang
KLANG - A container without a top overturned and crushed a man and his vehicle in Jalan Dato Yusof Shahbudin, Taman Sentosa here yesterday.
South Klang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Cha Hoong Fong said medical officers pronounced the victim, a 52-year-old man, dead at the scene.
He said the container was placed at the side of the road for loading reasons.
The victim had parked his vehicle next to the container to purchase food from a nearby restaurant.
"Investigations found the victim saw the container was slanted before acting to move his vehicle towards a different area.
"However, he could not do so when the container had overturned, crushing the victim and his vehicle," he said in a statement today.
Cha said the condition of the ground, which was sloped and sinking, was reportedly the cause of the container's failure in stability.
"The victim's body was brought to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR), Klang, for an autopsy and the case was classified as a sudden death report," he said.
