KANGAR: A labourer was killed after being hit by a steel winch cable while trying to pull out a rice tractor stuck in a padi field on Sunday (Feb 19).
Kangar OCPD Asst Comm Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the victim, identified as 36-year-old Mohamad Sharif Hamdan, suffered serious injuries to his neck and left cheek.
"While pulling the tractor out with the help of another tractor, one of the connecting cables snapped and hit the left side of the victim’s neck and cheek as he was standing between the tractors. "The victim was confirmed dead by medical officers at the scene of the incident at Jalan Sungai Padang, Kampung Sungai Padang Simpang Empat at 4.33pm today," he said in a statement Sunday.
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