KUALA LUMPUR: A car was badly damaged after a concrete block fell from the seventh floor of an under-construction car park building at the Jelatek People's Housing Project (PPR) here this morning.
A Bernama survey at the scene of the incident found that in the incident that occurred at about 11.30 am, the car's roof was badly damaged, and so were its front and rear windscreens and all its windows.
The car in question was a Perodua Bezza model, and four other vehicles were damaged, as well, by falling debris.
A PPR Jelatek resident, Mohd Fadil Md Razal, said the damaged Perodua Bezza belonged to his brother.
"At the time of the incident, I heard a huge sound... As I stay in Block 9 of the apartments, I immediately rushed out to find that a concrete block had landed on my brother's car," he told Bernama today.
"Other cars were also affected by the falling concrete block. For example, a Honda CRV suffered a cracked windscreen and a dent on the roof after being hit by falling concrete debris."
He said the CRV belonged to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), whose officer was on duty at the Jelatek PPR Digital Media Centre when the incident happened.
"Part of the concrete block at the seventh floor of the project was believed to have been hit by a crane that was operating," said MCMC deputy director Juliana Irni Jamaludin when met at the location of the incident.
"Fortunately, no one was in the car, and no one suffered any injuries at the time of the incident."
Another resident, Mohd Asyraf Rozali, said it was the worst incident to occur to residents since the construction of the car park building, which began in 2021.
He hoped that Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) would review the safety level of the construction site.
Mohd Asyraf, who has been living at the PPR (apartments) since 1997, claimed that the construction area had no safety barriers (scaffolding) and hoped that DBKL would adequately cover all areas under construction.
"Furthermore, the Jelatek PPR car park area, which is under construction, was initially earmarked for a children's playground.
"So now, the area around the construction project is where the children often play because there is no playground," he added.– BERNAMA