3 killed, 3 critically injured in collision
SRI AMAN: Three people died while three were critically injured in a collision involving two trucks and a car yesterday afternoon. According to fire operation commander PBK I Bangga Baie, the Sri Aman fire and rescue station (BBP) received an emergency call on the accident at 2.10pm. Following the call, a team of firefighters was […]
Pillion rider killed on the spot
MIRI: A pillion rider was killed after a vegetable-laden lorry rammed onto a motorcycle Tuesday night. The 7.40pm accident occurred at KM11 Miri By-pass. According to Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu, the 26-year-old pillion rider died on the spot. “The collision occurred when the lorry, which was coming from […]
Senior citizen dies in car-truck crash
SARATOK: A senior citizen died, pinned to his seat, after his car crashed head on with a medical waste truck along Jalan Kedap, KM58, Jalan Sarikei-Betong. During the 8.20am incident, the truck was travelling from Sibu to Kuching when the car driven by the victim, 71, reportedly entered the opposite lane while negotiating a bend […]
Indian national fatality untrue
CORONAVIRUS KUALA LUMPUR: A news report claiming that a 23-year-old Indian national had died in Malaysia from the 2019 novel coronavirus is false. The Health Ministry in its official Facebook account said there were no Indian nationals listed in the records of its laboratory handling clinical samples testing for coronavirus. “Based on information received up […]
Woman dies, sister and son injured
SIBU: A woman was killed while her two passengers were severely injured after their car fell into a ditch at Jalan Stabau yesterday morning. In the 11am accident, the victim, 24-year-old Christina Umie Jalin, was driving when she lost control of her car — the car hit a tree before falling into a ditch. Christina […]
Two killed as fire razes canteen
BINTULU: Two people were killed in a fire which destroyed the canteen of an estate at Jalan Pesisir here on Wednesday. According to Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre (PGO), the deceased have been identified as Wong Ling Poung, 47, and Lee Hua Hing, 23. The bodies were discovered by Bintulu firemen inside […]
Wake up call after Jakarta’s floods?
JAKARTA: Floods that killed 60 people in Indonesia’s capital after the biggest rainfall since records began should be a wake-up call to climate change in one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, environmental groups said. But, despite the catastrophe in Southeast Asia’s biggest city, authorities see no greater impetus for more cuts to planned carbon […]
Workshop hand dies of exploding tyre
KUCHING: A man was killed by an exploding tyre he was inflating at Jalan Cinle, Landeh, Padawan. Sources said that 30-year-old Lim Zhun Hui, a workshop employee, was working on a truck when the freak accident happened at around 5pm yesterday. It is understood that the rim sprung out following the explosion and struck the […]
Teenage motorcyclist dies in crash
SIBU: A teenager succumbed to serious injuries after a motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Bintangor yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Akmal Muhama Raperi,18, of Kpg Darul Falah, Sungai Gemuan. His 14-year old brother, Mohd Saiful who was riding pillion, sustained a broken left thigh and was admitted to hospital. […]
Biker dies in collision
KUCHING: A motorcyclist was killed in a three-vehicle collision along Jalan Datuk Stephen Yong on Tuesday. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said Jonam Good, 27, from Kampung Sibuang, Padawan was heading towards Batu Kitang from Batu Kawah when he lost control of his machine and crashed into a sedan […]
