SERANG, Banten: A textile worker was killed when 230 kilograms

SERANG, Banten: A textile worker was killed when 230 kilograms of cotton knocked him over on Saturday.

Jamaluddin, 28, died after a heavy bale of cotton hit him while he was standing in the parking lot of PT Budi Texnindo company in the Jawilan subdistrict of Serang, witnesses said.

The accident occurred when the packed cotton was about to be unloaded from a container. A 230-kilogram bale of cotton fell on Jamaluddin when the container's door was opened, they said.

The sheer weight of the bale knocked Jamaluddin off his feet. He fell and his head hit the asphalt surface of the parking lot, the witnesses said.

They said they rushed him to the nearest hospital, but he was suffering from severe head and facial injuries as well as severe blood loss.

They quoted hospital sources as saying that Jamaluddin's neck was also broken.

The accident is being investigated by Serang Police.