The 41-year-old Nigerian simply identified as Onwuka and two Nepali men, Phapa Paul Denedick, 20 and Gurung Anel, 22, were dismantling a temporary work platform underneath a completed three-meter-high viaduct.
Work began on the bridge in 2009 and is situated at the waters
of Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary. It is a mega-sized sea
crossing linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai city in Guangdong Province and Macau.
The construction cost of the main bridge was an estimated
15.73 billion yuan (HK$2.28 billion). It is now in the final stage of
construction.
At 3:30pm, they were dragged into the sea after the
platform collapsed. Denedick saved himself by unzipping his safety
straps, but his Nepali colleague died and the Nigerian could not be
found.
The cables that snapped off the collapsing platform also
injured two others on the bridge deck – 31-year-old Pakistani worker
Iqbal Sasil Fasil and a 49-year-old Hong Kong man, an Apple Daily report
said.
The
Labour Department of Hong Kong immediately deployed staff to the scen
upon receiving a report of the accident and has been conducting an
investigation into the cause.
Meanwhile, work in that area of the construction site has been suspended, according to a government press release.
5 comments:
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Naija dey hustle for every where sha. I hail una ooo
Hmmm
... Merited happiness
Nigerian construction worker all the way in Hong Kong...na wa o! Where Nigerians no fit hustle (in Nedu's voice) reash
I know him ogo Onwuka. We last met on 3rd Jan 2017 at his elder brother wedding at Nkporo his home town , after manying years he traveled, we hugged. What a world, I weep.
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