Published in the Straits Times on Jun 11, 2012
By Jennani Durai
A Bangladeshi worker died in hospital on Friday, a day after the cherry picker he was in hit an overhead bridge, throwing him to the ground.
Mr Nazrul Ali, 29, suffered head injuries from the 4m fall, as the cherry picker was at the time extended to its full height.
He is believed to have been hanging advertising banners from lamp posts when the lorry on which the cherry picker was mounted attempted to pass under an overhead bridge along Cantonment Road, near the Pinnacle@Duxton.
Mr Nazrul died in the Singapore General Hospital.
