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Temporary TNB tower collapses killing one, injuring four
By MUGUNTAN VANAR
KOTA KINABALU: A fast track Tenaga Nasional Berhad transmission tower to replace the one stolen by scrap metal thieves collapsed, killing a man and injuring four others.
Tenaga Nasional Berhad and Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd are puzzled as to how the emergency restoration system (ERS) tower could have toppled at Suang Parai in Inanam here at about 10.30am Tuesday.
One of the injured technicians is reported to be in critical condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the other three were at the Likas Hospital. No details of their condition were made available.
The 35m aluminium alloy ERS tower was a temporary replacement for the 132kV tower stolen by thieves on April 21 that caused a blackout covering 90% of Sabah.
Materials for the RM3.4m ERT were specially flown in by the Air Force the day after the blackout with 30 TNB emergency response team members also brought in from Kuala Lumpur to erect the tower for normal power supply to resume.





