The badly damaged Perodua Myvi car.
Fung who died an hour later at the hospital
KOTA KINABALU: A 22-year-old man succumbed to injuries at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) about an hour after being involved in a hit-and-run road accident along Jalan Kepayan, near the Tanjung Aru train terminal, yesterday morning.
Fung Ching Wei from Kampung Muhibbah, Jalan Kuhara, Tawau, was pronounced dead at 1.50am at the QEH II, just an hour after the Perodua Myvi car that he and another passenger were travelling in, was knocked from behind by a vehicle at 12.50am.
It was believed that the victim and the passenger, also aged 22, were on their way to Putatan from the state capital when another vehicle knocked into the rear of the Perodua Myvi car. This caused the victim to lose control of the Myvi car which then skidded off the road and overturned a couple of times.
The vehicle that knocked into the Perodua Myvi car immediately fled the scene.
Fung was initially trapped in the driver’s seat and it took a couple of minutes for the Fire and Rescue Services personnel to extricate him. He was then immediately taken to hospital for treatment but succumbed to his injuries an hour later.
The passenger of the car only suffered minor injuries and is currently being treated at the same hospital.
City police chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said the police were still carrying out investigation on the incident and tracking down the vehicle that fled the scene.
He urged eyewitness to come forward to assist police in their investigation of the case under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.