Two men killed in head-on collision

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SIBU: Two men, including the driver, were killed after the vehicles they were in collided head-on at Km 46 Sibu-Tanjung Manis road yesterday.

The badly damaged 4WD after the accident.

The damaged Toyota Corolla car after the accident.

The 1.15pm accident occurred when a Toyota Hilux carrying four foreign workers collided with a Toyota Corolla.

The workers were seated in the vehicle’s compartment loaded with logs.

One worker fell off the compartment and hit his head on the ground.

He bled profusely from the head and died instantly.

The driver of the Toyota Corolla was also killed on the spot.

The rest of the five passengers from the two vehicles were injured and taken to the Sibu Hospital in two ambulances.

The identities of the two dead persons were still unknown at press time.

A source said the driver of the Toyota Hilux had taken his four workers from Bintangor to Tanjung Manis for some construction works.

He was taking them back when their vehicle collided with the Toyota Corolla heading for Sibu.

The front portions of both vehicles were badly damaged after the accident.