Dr Tai lying on the hospital bed while recalling the incident to Pairin.
KENINGAU: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan on Friday visited Mrs Chaw Wun Fah, 55, and his son, Dr Tai Ket Yan, 28, who sustained serious injuries after a road accident along the Keningau-Tambunan Road last Wednesday, at the Keningau hospital.
Both Chaw and Dr Tai were believed to have fractured their spinal column in the accident. Chaw’s husband, Kapitan Cina Tai Fatt @ Tai Sui Ming, 61, died on the spot in the 6.30pm accident involving their Proton Saga vehicle and a Hino truck.
Pairin, who is also Minister of Infrastructure Development and Keningau member of parliament, conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the family.
Dr Tai, a government doctor attached to the Sook Health Clinic here and his mother are still in a trauma following the accident. Their condition was reported to be stable.
The family was on the way to Kinabalu Kinabalu via Tambunan when the accident happened.
“Due to the collision, my late father had died at the scene due to severe injuries to his head,” he said.
The late Tai, who just two weeks before the accident received his appointment letter as chief of the Chinese community for Kampung Batu 27, will be buried at the Chinese cemetery at Mile 27 Keningau-Tenom road on December 24.
Accompanying Pairin on the visit were PBS Supreme Council member and head of the Sook division, Datuk Dr Bernard S Maraat, Bingkor PBS chief Peter Jino Allion, LDP Keningau Division chief and president of the Keningau Hakka Association, Pang Shu Kin, Sze Yi Association chairman Peter Ma Kin Yee, political secretary to the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Welfredoline Jakil, district chief OKK Majabin Dalinus and Keningau parliamentary chief liaison officer Harry Otigil.