An 18-year-old woman described as 'a very good sister' died after her hair got caught between the rollers of a commercial ironing machine in a Tuen Mun laundry yesterday.
The woman, who had been studying at night school and was awaiting the results of her Form Five examination, was declared dead at the laundry by paramedics.
The accident occurred at about 4pm, when she was operating an ironing and folding machine in the laundry on the eighth floor of the Hanway Industrial Building in San On Street.
Workers at the laundry said the woman's hair became trapped between two large rollers and they could not switch off the machine.
The laundry was sealed off for investigation by police and Labour Department officers.
The woman was the fourth child of a family from Pakistan with seven children, who live in Yat Tai House, Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun.
Although she was born in Pakistan, she was raised in Hong Kong and all members of the family are Hong Kong residents. The woman was introduced to work in the laundry four months ago by her father, who worked there as a driver for years but retired recently.