KOTA KINABALU: Two car drivers and a motorcyclist were killed in three separate accidents here yesterday and in Labuan on National Day.
The damaged front of the Nissan Frontier.
In the first case, the Perodua Viva car driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a trailer parked at the roadside here yesterday.
It was learnt that Mark Carlson Wilfred J Modoit, 25, was heading from Tambunan to Donggongon when he lost control of his car near Kasigui and hit the stationary trailer around 2.30am.
The victim was pinned to driver’s seat and it took the Fire and Rescue Department personnel great effort to free his body from the vehicle.
Penampang police chief DSP Ratan Kumar Singh said the victim died on the spot and his body would be brought to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a post-mortem.
In the second accident, Kent Julius Moludi, 25, was killed on the spot when he collided motorcycle with a four-wheel drive vehicle at Km 13 Jalan Sapulut-Donggongon Tambunan yesterday.
The motorcycle damaged in the accident.
Kent dies on the spot due to serious head and body injuries
Ratan said Kent sustained serious injuries on the head and body.
It was learnt that the Nissan Frontier driver was heading from Babagon, back to his home in Donggongon, when the four-wheel drive collided with the motorcycle at Jalan Sapulut-Donggongon Tambunan around 12.15am.
The motorcylist died on the spot and his body was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a post-mortem.
Ratan added both cases would be investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
In Labuan, drunken driving is believed to have caused the death of a 21-year-old man in a car accident at Jalan Batu Arang at 3.50am on Sunday.
Labuan police chief Superintendent Adzhar Othman yesterday said the victim was identified as Ong Chune Hwei and had worked for an oil and gas company, Baker Huges.
“The victim was driving alone from town and heading home to Taman Tan Villa, Tanjung Aru through Jalan Batu Arang.
“He is believed to have driven at a high speed near the Royal Air Force Base, where his car skidded and rammed into a tree at the left side of the road. He was trapped in his car, and the Fire and Rescue Department personnel freed his body.
“The victim was immediately sent to the hospital, but was later pronounced dead at the Intensive Care Unit at 6.15pm,” he said, adding that a blood sample was taken from the deceased for alcohol test.