Indonesian maid dies in S'pore

Indonesian maid dies in S'pore

SINGAPORE (DPA): An Indonesian maid who told a colleague she was going to check if there was a snake in a corridor fell to her death from a block of Singapore flats, police said on Saturday.

The 20-year-old woman was rushed to the National University Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Neighbors said the unidentified maid started working for her employer only 10 days earlier.

She told another maid she thought she spotted a snake and was going upstairs to check.

Police were investigating the incident.