The badly damaged lorry.
A side of the charter bus is seemingly shaved off in the accident.
KOTA KINABALU: A driver died after a 10-tonne lorry he was driving collided with a charter bus carrying army personnel at Jalan Tuaran Bypass near Kampung Rampaian last night.
The victim was identified as Vun Win Lam, 43, from Miri, Sarawak.
Vun was transporting goods from Miri to Kota Kinabalu with the lorry owned by a Miri forwarding company.
Acting city police chief Superintendent M. Chandra confirmed the case, saying that the lorry, coming from Kota Kinabalu, was making a U-turn when it hit the bus around 8.30pm.
The bus was carrying the 36 army personnel from Tawau to Lok Kawi Army Camp.
The lorry driver succumbed to his injuries on the way to the Sabah Women and Children Hospital in Likas, while the bus driver and passengers escaped unhurt.