A foreign national was killed when an iron pole dangling from a crane fell on him at a construction site near Jalan Kuchai Maju, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park in Kuala Lumpur today.

Brickfields district police chief ACP Amihizam Abdul Shukor said when police arrived at the scene after being alerted, the 42-year-old victim had died from severe head and body injuries.

"Preliminary investigations found the iron structure was being lowered to the ground and during the process, it allegedly became unstable and fell on the victim,” he said in a statement.