Authorities probe suspected fatal electrocution of worker at Hong Kong school

Hong Kong authorities are investigating a fatal industrial accident involving a 45-year-old technician suspected of being fatally electrocuted at a primary school in Sheung Shui.

Police were alerted at 10.53am on Friday to the incident at the campus on Wo Muk Road in Fanling. The worker, 45, was believed to have been electrocuted before losing consciousness.

He was sent to North District Hospital in Sheung Shui, where he was pronounced dead at around noon, the force said.

The Labour Department said it was investigating the incident.

“The Labour Department immediately deployed staff to the scene upon receiving a report of the accident and is now conducting an investigation to look into its cause,” it said.

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