Hong Kong maintenance worker dies after slope fall

A Hong Kong worker died in hospital on Monday after he fell down a slope in Shek Kip Mei.

Emergency services were called in soon after 9am, after the incident near Tai Hang Tung Road.

A police spokeswoman said a 61-year-old man was carrying out maintenance work on the slope at the time.

“Initial investigation showed the worker fell three metres down the slope,” she said.

The unconscious man was taken to Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po, where he was certified dead shortly after 10am.

According to police, an initial investigation found nothing suspicious and the case was classified as an industrial accident.