GUA MUSANG: A 35-year-old Orang Asli logger died when a branch fell on him at Pos Pulat near Bertam, here, on Wednesday.

Kadir Sabar who suffered serious head injuries, died on the way to Gua Musang Hospital.

District police chief Superintendent Ahmad Termizi Abdul Haq said the victim went to the forest with his 21-year-old brother to cut logs.

"His brother was working several metres away from Kadir, when he heard a sound.

"He turned to see his brother pinned under a branch. He managed to remove the branch and rushed his brother to hospital, but Kadir was pronounced dead on arrival," he said.