KOTA KINABALU: A construction worker sustained serious head, neck and body injuries when he was knocked down by a vehicle while crossing Sulaman Road here yesterday.
Public defence personnel and public helping the injured victim.
It was believed that the man in his 20s was on his way to work after lunch when a Naza car that was heading to the city centre from Sepanggar, knocked him down around 11.30am.
The impact of the accident also damaged the wind-screen of the car while the man was thrown a couple of metres away.
According to the 22-year-old Naza driver, a university student from Peninsular Malaysia, he was heading to Air Asia, with his sister, niece and nephew to purchase air tickets when the incident happened.
“I was driving on the right lane and suddenly I saw him running to cross the road.
“I tried to swerve to the left but there was another vehicle so I braked to avoid hitting him but it was too late,” said the driver.
It was also learnt that the driver and his family members were flying back to Kuala Lumpur around 7.30pm the same day.
The public who came to the man’s aid then called an ambulance which arrived shortly and brought the man to the Likas Hospital.
The driver, his 38-year-old sister and her four children, aged between one and 13, were not injured in the incident.