A FRONT hoe loader driver was crushed to death while clearing boulders at a quarry area near Simpang Pulai yesterday.

The male victim, 48, from Gerik, Perak, died at the scene after being crushed by a 10-tonne boulder that fell from a hilly area onto the cockpit of his front hoe.

Ipoh district police chief Ipoh Yahaya Hassan said the victim was clearing quarry boulders between noon and 1pm using the front hoe when the boulder dislodged and fell from a height of 25m and crushed the cockpit of his vehicle.

“He was confirmed dead at the scene by Health Ministry personnel after firefighters removed the boulders from the vehicle at around 6.45pm,” he said in a statement yesterday.

The victim’s body was brought to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital’s forensics department and the case has been classified as sudden death. – Bernama, May 28, 2023.