Industrial accident at Yio Chu Kang flyover leaves 1 construction worker dead, 3 critically injured

An industrial accident at the Yio Chu Kang flyover took the life of a 24-year-old Indian construction worker, while injuring three others at the site. 

The Straits Times reports that the workers are believed to have been walking on a metal platform when it collapsed. They fell from a height of about two storeys. 

The three injured — two Indian nationals and a Bangladeshi — were conveyed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in critical condition. 

Police are currently investigating the unnatural death. 

Photo: ​ZiJing via Flickr




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