Woman killed in head-on collision

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Firemen extricating the victim from the wreckage

SARIKEI: A 35-year-old woman was killed after the car she was driving collided head-on with a lorry (palm oil tanker) near SMK Sungai Paoh about 16 kilometres from here yesterday.

The fatal accident happened around 11am and the woman, surnamed Lan, was driving alone from the direction of Sibu to Kuching.

The lorry was said to be on its way transporting palm oil from Saratok to Bintulu.

The lorry driver and attendant were not hurt in the accident.

The victim who was pinned in the seat of her wrecked car was believed to have died on the spot.

Firemen who rushed to the scene helped to extricate the woman’s body before it was taken in an ambulance to Sarikei Hospital.

The traffic police are still investigating the cause of the fatal accident.