Man, 57, had been working on a lift in a building under construction at Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong emergency crews have rescued a worker who was trapped in a lift shaft for nearly two hours at a construction site at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam.

The worker, 57, had been carrying out maintenance on a lift in a building on Pok Fu Lam Road at 5.40pm on Sunday. He was stuck between the ground floor and lower ground floor.

Rescuers reached the unconscious man at about 7.30pm and he was sent to the hospital’s accident and emergency department.

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