[Straits Times] AN 18-YEAR-OLD worker died under a steamroller after allegedly jumping off the moving machine in a steep, swampy area at Kampung Ladang in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, Kosmo! reported.Ow. All I can say is Ow.
Friends found the body of T.A. Suman with his crushed head partially buried in the ground in the 2.50pm incident on Sunday.
A police front man said the victim was carrying out some road works when he lost control of the machine, resulting in the mishap.
'We believe the victim tried to jump off the vehicle in a bid to save himself. 'Unfortunately, he landed behind the back wheel of the steamroller.
'His head was rolled over by the machine, which weighs about four tonnes,' he said. The victim, from Taman Regent in Gemencheh, died of severe injuries to the head.
The daily said initial investigations showed that the steep location may have caused Suman to lose control of the machine.