{"id":511546,"date":"2026-06-26T04:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511546\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:55:13","slug":"labour-authorities-probe-case-of-worker-fatally-crushed-by-construction-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/511546\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour authorities probe case of worker fatally crushed by construction vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s labour authorities are investigating a fatal accident in which a worker died after being run over by a construction vehicle at a sports ground.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Police received a report at about 8.58am on Friday that a man had been hit by a vehicle at Kowloon Bay Sports Ground at Kai Lok Street and was trapped beneath it on the running track.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The victim\u2019s colleague reported the incident to emergency services. Firefighters arrived to free the victim, but he was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining severe head injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Investigators at the scene of the accident at Kowloon Bay Sports Ground. Photo: Dickson Lee\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/41528cb3-dac5-47d8-b893-e4c77d104481_d5301715.jpg\" title=\"Investigators at the scene of the accident at Kowloon Bay Sports Ground. Photo: Dickson Lee\"\/>Investigators at the scene of the accident at Kowloon Bay Sports Ground. Photo: Dickson Lee<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The driver of the vehicle remained on site to assist police with their investigation. Officers classified the case as an industrial accident. No arrest has been made so far.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Labour Department said on Friday that it had deployed staff to the scene after learning of the accident and was investigating its cause.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The sports ground has been closed since January 2 for a nine-month refurbishment that is due to be completed on September 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s labour authorities are investigating a fatal accident in which a worker died after being run over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[234747,19047,234746,41619,234751,3448,85,234753,21558,46,234750,234752,102,234748,105,234749,69874,4377],"class_list":["post-511546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-construction-vehicle","tag-emergency-services","tag-firefighters","tag-friday","tag-head-injuries","tag-hong-kong","tag-il","tag-industrial-accident","tag-investigation","tag-israel","tag-kai-lok-street","tag-kowloon-bay-sports-ground","tag-police","tag-running-track","tag-sports","tag-sports-ground","tag-victim","tag-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}