Lorry tanker carrying chemical crashes at roadside
BETONG: A lorry tanker driver managed to escape with minor injuries after the vehicle which was transporting 33.39 tonnes of natrium hydroxide crashed at KM23, Jalan Skrang-Betong today (July 17). Firemen who were despatched to the scene found the vehicle overturned and blocking part of the single carriageway road. Betong fire chief Vincent Baling Yabi […]
Fire razes lorry tanker
MIRI: An empty lorry tanker caught fire along the Miri -Bintulu coastal road, near Nyalau Suai Niah on Wednesday morning (June 23). Fortunately, no one was injured in the 9.56am incident. According to Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief Supt Law Poh Kiong, the tanker’s driver, aged 67, managed to get out of the vehicle […]
Driver dies in collision
TATAU: A tanker driver was killed in a head-on collision with another lorry at KM11, Jalan Tatau-Bintulu this morning. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the incident occurred around 11am when both motor vehicles collided with each other when travelling from opposite directions. Investigations found that the tanker travelling towards Bintulu was […]
Palm oil tanker truck comes to grief
SRI AMAN: A tanker truck driver sustained injuries when his vehicle crashed into some concrete roadside markers at KM65, Sri Aman-Sarikei Road yesterday morning (July 14). Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief, Supt Alexson Naga Chabu, said the accident occurred around 5.30am. The truck transporting palm oil from Bintulu was on its way to Kuching […]
Lorry driver killed in ravine plunge
BINTULU: A lorry-tanker driver was killed on the spot after his vehicle plunged into a ravine along the Tatau-Bintulu Road near Semanok, about 244km from Miri on Thursday (July 9). The driver, identified as Joshua Suen Kasin, 44, was driving the lorry-tanker prior to the incident and was believed to have lost control of the […]
