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Kuala Lumpur: A tower crane operator was confirmed dead after he was found unconscious inside a crane that was about 20 metres high at a construction site in Persiaran KLCC near here this afternoon.

Kuala Lumpur fire and rescue commander Mior Fikri Zaini said an emergency call was received at 5.43pm, and an engine with 10 crew was despatched.

He said the 27-year-old victim was brought down at 7.46pm using an adjacent tower crane before being handed over to the police. “An examination by a medical officer from the health ministry confirmed that the victim had died,” he said in a statement today.

Dang Wangi district police chief Noor Dellhan Yahaya said the body of the man was sent to hospital for an autopsy. “The case is classified as sudden death and will be investigated accordingly,” he said.