Local police authorities have identified the deceased as Yuvaraj Gurung. According to the authorities, Gurung was hit by an excavator driven by fellow Nepali Navindra Malla as Gurung was digging the 60-meter-deep tunnel. The police have not detained Malla saying that the investigation is underway. [break]
Gurung was immediately taken to a local hospital, where the doctors declared him dead. The dead body has been taken at a local mortuary. Gurung was the supervisor of a three-member team which was deployed for digging the tunnel. The Hong-Kong police and labor affairs department have jointly been investigating the case, a local Daily Ming Pao reported on Thursday. Gurung, 37, had been in Hong Kong for a long time, who had got married a few months ago.
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