Cleaner dies after being found in waters off Hong Kong’s Stonecutters Island
Colleague finds him missing from work at cargo area and alerts authorities at 8.45am, but cleaner later pronounced dead
A cleaning worker has died after being found unconscious in waters off Stonecutters Island in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Emergency personnel were called in at around 8.45am when police were contacted by the man’s colleague who suspected he had fallen into water from the Stonecutters Island public cargo working area in Cheung Sha Wan.
A police spokeswoman said the worker was later found floating in the sea off the site.
She said the man was pulled out of water and rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, where he was pronounced dead at around 10.15am.
A source familiar with the case said the victim worked as a cleaner at the public cargo working area and was on an overnight shift at the time of the incident.