Article: Falling coconut tree crushes man to death


New Straits Times
02-08-2006
Falling coconut tree crushes man to death
Edition: Main/Lifestyle

KOTA BARU, Tues. - A 23-year-old man was killed in a freak accident when a branch from a durian tree being trimmed fell on a coconut tree which uprooted and fell on him.

Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rahman and two others had been hired by the orchard owner to prune the durian trees in Kampung Paka Joh, Machang, yesterday, when the tragedy happened.
Fauzi suffered serious head injuries and died on the way to the Machang district hospital.

Orchard owner Ghani Hassan, 38, said the group went to the orchard at 3pm and began ...

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