Road accident kills one, injures two

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The wrecked car after it crashed into the metal divider at a section of Kuching-Samarahan Expressway.

KUCHING: A car passenger was killed when the vehicle he was travelling in collided with a metal divider at the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway yesterday.

The driver of the car and another passenger received head injuries in the 3.20am incident.

It was said that the three friends were heading home to Kota Samarahan from the city.

The deceased – 22-year-old Sebastian Jupong Steel from Taman Desa Ilmu – was severely injured in the collision.

Sebastian, who was seated in the front passenger seat when the accident happened, succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

His body was sent to the Sarawak General Hospital.

The other victims, aged 22 and 20 were also sent to the hospital for treatment.