Two bulldozer drivers killed after plunging into ravine, slope

New Straits Times

4 days ago

KUALA KRAI: Two men were killed after the bulldozers they were driving plunged into a slope and ravine at two separate locations yesterday.
Kuala Krai district police chief Superintendent Mazlan Mamat said the first incident involved a 49-year-old Thai national whose bulldozer slipped and fell down a slope at Ladang Dabong, Km27 of Jalan Sungai Sam-Dabong.
He said the police received a call about the incident at 2.50pm.
"Initial investigations found that the victim was driving the bulldozer to a hillside area to take a break when the machine slipped and fell down the slope.
He was flung from the vehicle and subsequently crushed.
"The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
"His body was retrieved from the bulldozer with the help of the Fire and Rescue Department," he said in a statement last night.
In the second incident, Mazlan said a 59-year-old local man died after the bulldozer he was driving fell into a ravine over 100 metres deep at Ladang Bonanza, Laloh, Kuala Krai at around 3.30pm.
"Preliminary investigations found that the victim had been working at the plantation to build terraces.
"However, the bulldozer slipped off the path during the work and plunged into the ravine.
"The victim was trapped in the machine and was confirmed dead at the scene," he said.
He said both bodies were sent to the Forensic Unit of Sultan Ismail Petra Hospital (HSIP) for post-mortem examination.
"The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987," he said.