Second migrant worker died in a PIE accident

According to the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC), a second migrant worker has gotten into an accident in the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) where he dies after sustaining serious injuries.

The accident involving a stationary tipper truck and a lorry carrying 17 workers in the cargo deck occurred around 6am near the Jalan Bahar exit.

The 33-year old Tofazzal Hossain who was from Bangladesh died from his injuries on that day while the other workers involved in the accident were being treated in the National University Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

Nine of the workers were allowed to get discharged on the same day while the other seven are still receiving treatment. Two workers were put in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Migrant worker | died in a PIE accident