KOTA BHARU: A well-digger was killed when he was buried alive while lowering a cement ring into a newly dug well at the Kampung Gelam Mosque, Tok Uban, in Pasir Mas yesterday.
Pasir Mas fire and rescue station operations commander Adnan Mat Juri said the deceased was identified as Mohamad Khairul Jeffry Maarof, aged 23.
He said a team of 10 firefighters from the station had rushed to the scene after receiving an emergency call at 5.54pm yesterday.
“On arriving at the scene at 6.17pm, they found the victim buried in a well about 6m deep,” he said when contacted late yesterday.
Adnan said the victim was brought up with the help of the public at 7.15pm and pronounced dead by medical personnel.
The body has been handed to the police for further action, he said.