Body of excavator driver recovered
BAU: Firefighters on Tuesday (Sept 14) finally managed to extricate the body of a driver of an excavator from beneath fallen rocks in a quarry at Jalan Tanjung Durian here on Monday (Sept 13). The body of Anthony Kanna, 48, was extricated at 12.23pm, approximately 21 hours after the rocks fell on him and his […]
Rockfall crushes excavator, traps driver
BAU: A sudden rockfall at a quarry near Kampung Tanjung Durian along Jalan Tanjung Durian here crushed an excavator and trapped its driver. At the time of writing this report, the victim, Anthony Kanna, 48, is still buried under the rocks. The 3pm incident on Monday (Sept 13) happened while the excavator was reportedly carrying […]
One miner dead, two others safe
BAU: An attempt by three villagers to dig for gold at Gunung Tabai Cave near Kampung Bidi, Krokong ended with one of them dead – buried under a rockfall today. Rescuers had to put off efforts to extract the body of Mat Tapa, aged 25 from Kampung Bijuray Monggag from under the rubbles inside a […]
