KUCHING: A motorcyclist died on his birthday yesterday after he was run over by a trailer at Mile 11 Kuching-Serian Road.
The incident happened around 5pm when the deceased, identified as Ronny Atan from Kampung Pemangan Sungai Buru in Serian, was heading towards Mile 10.
Ronny, who turned 29 yesterday, was said to have lost control of his bike while trying to avoid colliding into a car in front of him.
He ended up crashing onto the opposite lane of the road and was run over by an oncoming trailer which was heading to Sibu.
The trailer driver told police that he saw the motorcyclist crashing in front of him and was able to swerve the trailer head to avoid hitting him.
However, it proved to be not enough as the victim still ended up being run over by one of the rear tyres and was killed instantly.
The body of the deceased was sent to Sarawak General Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem.