Hong Kong worker fatally run over by crane at container terminal

A Hong Kong man died after he was run over by a container gantry crane on Wednesday night.

Staff at the Kwai Tsing container terminal alerted emergency services at about 7.35pm after the crane’s wheels rolled over him.

Ambulance crew found the man dead at the scene.

The area, at the No 6 terminal on Container Port Road South, was later cordoned off by police as officers carried out an investigation.

The Labour Department was also expected to launch an investigation.

A 37-year-old dock worker died at the port’s No 8 container terminal last December after an inflatable ship’s fender exploded.