FOR POST-MORTEM: The body is carried into the police vehicle before being brought to the hospital.
KUCHING: A 55-year-old man from Kampung Bayur perished in an accident after he fell into a ravine when going down a hill on a motorcycle from a resort at Borneo Heights here Sunday.
The victim, identified as Duren Ango, was with another friend who was riding a separate motorcycle. They were on their way back home around 6pm when the incident occurred.
Prior to the tragedy, it was said that the victim had tried to dodge a ‘white figure’ when he lost control of his machine and crashed through the road barrier before plunging into the 30-meter deep ravine.
The hilly terrain gave difficulties to the rescue teams from the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Department and police.
The operation to retrieve the body from the scene only ended around 2am.
The body was taken by the police to the Sarawak General Hospital for a post-mortem.