SIBU: Two men were killed after the car they were travelling in crashed into a timber loader at Salim-Stabau Road here at 9.30pm last Sunday (June 21).
According to Sibu deputy police chief Supt Collin Babat, the victims, identified as Yong Khee Fong, 68, and Mok Hock Ming, 49, were heading towards the town from Durin prior to the accident.
“The driver, Yong, was overtaking a car before it crashed into the machinery parked at the opposite lane,” he said in a statement on Monday (June 22).
He added that the victims were pronounced dead at the scene by medical staff while the operator of the timber loader managed to escape unhurt and was taken to Sibu Hospital for a blood test.
Police are investigating the case.
