Lift technician dies after 10-metre fall down shaft at Hong Kong luxury estate

A worker died after falling 10 metres (33 feet) down a lift shaft he was repairing at a luxury estate in Hong Kong on Monday. A security guard at Block 4 of Pacific View on Tai Tam Road in Stanley reported the accident to police at 2.40pm. Rescue personnel pulled the unconscious 26-year-old worker from the shaft, but he had suffered head injuries and was certified dead at the scene. Police said the cause of the accident was under investigation. The Association for the Rights of Industrial...

By Danny Mok