Lorry driver injured in roadside crash
SARIKEI: An elderly man sustained a fractured thigh after his three-tonnes lorry skidded and crashed along Jalan Jakar-Bayong yesterday. The accident happened around 2.20pm when the 65-year-old victim was en route to Spaoh. Bomba personnel from Sarikei station was dispatched to the scene after receiving a distress call. Upon arrival, they found that the victim […]
Marine police arrest lorry driver, seize 978 boxes of cigs, beers
SERIAN: The Sarawak Marine Police Region 5 arrested a local man and seized 978 boxes of illicit cigarettes and beers along Jalan Serian yesterday (Jan 16). Its commander ACP Abdul Rahman Mat Hasan said the arrest and seizure were made after the team intercepted a lorry around 2.45 am. They found a total of 952 […]
Four lorry drivers fined RM4,000 each for overloading their vehicles
SIBU: Four lorry drivers, who pleaded guilty to charges of carrying excess load in early October, were each fined RM4,000 in default three months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday (Dec 12). Timber lorry drivers, namely Yong, 63, and Steven, 59, were each charged with overloading timber logs. Their vehicles were weighed […]
Lorry crash leaves driver seriously injured
BINTULU: A lorry driver faced serious injuries after his vehicle collided with a lamp post along Jalan Tun Hussin Onn last night (Nov 18). Firefighters from Bintulu station were promptly rushed to the scene in front of the Bintulu district police headquarters (IPD) after receiving a distress call at 10.07pm. Upon arrival, the rescue team […]
Lorry driver fined for punching employer
KUCHING: A lorry driver was fined RM900 in default one month in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here, for intentionally causing pain to his employer by punching him in the face. Nabil, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code, which carries up […]
Lorry driver escapes in nick of time from burning vehicle
SRI AMAN: A lorry driver managed to escaped unscathed after his lorry burst into flames along Jalan Melugu Kuari yesterday (Sept 27). It was reported that the lorry laden with stones was travelling towards Serian from Sri Aman when the incident happened. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Sri […]
Lorry driver fined for dangerous overtaking
SARIKEI: A lorry driver was slapped with a traffic summons for overtaking dangerously along KM17, Jalan Sarikei-Betong, last week. The incident was caught on another road user’s dashcam on Monday (Aug 14), and it showed a white lorry overtaking a car and a motorcycle dangerously. According to the Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department, they detected the […]
Lorry driver gets fine for handphone theft
KUCHING: A lorry driver was fined RM1,300 or a month’s imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Jan 9) for stealing and disposing a smartphone belonging to a primary school teacher last year. Bahtrim Haimi, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He […]
Lorry driver, biker killed in Asajaya crash
ASAJAYA: A lorry driver and a motorcyclist were killed in a crash near Kampung Terasi Iban here this morning (Jan 7). The two men were pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene, while the passenger of the lorry, a 34-year-old man, survived with only minor injuries. The state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre […]
Lorry driver fined RM1,800 for smashing café’s wall with brick
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a lorry driver to a RM1,800 fine or two months in prison for smashing a café’s door wall and signboard with a brick on October 12 at Metrocity Jalan Matang. The accused, Nazmi Jem, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali under […]
