A worker in her 40s died on Wednesday after she was apparently hit by a falling wall while a village house was being demolished in Yuen Long.

Police said around 11am, a brick wall of about two metres tall and eight metres long in Shan Pui Tsuen collapsed, hitting the woman.

She was trapped in the debris and unconscious when firefighters pulled her out.

The woman was declared dead at Pok Oi Hospital.