IPOH, March 9 — A 45-year-old lorry driver sustained serious injuries after a log fell on him during unloading at a wood processing plant this morning.
The Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at 9.06am and rushed to the plant at Jalan Johan 1/3, in the Pengkalan 2 Industrial Area where the man was found half-conscious.
“We administered CPR while waiting for the arrival of ambulance,” a department spokesman said contacted.
The man was then sent to the Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun for further treatment.
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According to the same official, the driver was untying the chain holding the logs he had carried over from Gerik when one of them slid down and hit him.
