The Myvi car at the accident scene.
The bodies of the victims.
BELURAN: Four persons were killed and two were seriously injured when a Perodua Myvi collided with a Toyota Hilux at Km 59 Beluran-Telupid Road around 2.50pm yesterday.
The dead were the Myvi passengers – Ridzuan Basnu, 30, his wife Noorlilah Masli, 25, their five-day-old baby girl and a 50-year-old woman, Gaya Gudang.
The couple’s four-year-old son, Ahmad Kidam Rizuan and 16-year-passenger Mohamad Hazawan Masli, were in critical condition at the Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan.
The driver and a 25-year-old woman passenger of the Hilux escaped unhurt.
Beluran district police chief Superintendent Sivanathan Velautham said early investigation revealed that the Hilux driver had lost control of the wheel and entered the lane of the Myvi which was on its way from Beluran to Telupid.
The Myvi skidded and overturned at the side of the road after the collision.
Ridzuan, Noorlilah and Gaya died at the scene from serious head injuries. The baby girl succumbed to injuries at the Duches of Kent Hospital.
Further investigation showed that it was raining when the accident took place which may have caused the road to be slippery.
The couple who died in the accident were believed to be the driver and front passenger of the MyVi.
Sivanathan said the 30-year-old driver of the Toyota Hilux went to the Beluran police station immediately to lodge a report after the accident. The case would be investigated under Section 41 (1) of Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless driving and causing death, which carries imprisonment of two to ten years and a fine of 5,000 to 20,000.
This was the fourth fatal accident in the state in the past one week.
On February 28, three Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Youth Exco members were killed when their vehicle crashed into the side of a bridge and plunged 10 metres down to the river bank at Kampung Senagang, Jalan Tenom-Keningau.
The three victims were identified as PBS Deputy Youth Exco Peter Tan Chee Vui @ Peter Chin, 44, from Luyang Kota Kinabalu, Youth exco secretary Dolsin Marindang, 42, from Pitas, Kudat and Hesbi Mohd Abdullah @ Andrew Wong Wan Sian, 43, from Beaufort who was the driver of the Honda CRV vehicle.
On the same day, three family members were killed when the motorcycle they were on caught fire after colliding with a pick-up truck in Jalan Kampung Tanah Merah, Kota Marudu .
Jafry Maun, 27, was burnt to death while his wife Lily Marni Gilong, 24, and son Freedy Jafry, two, died at the scene after the pick-up truck which was traveling from Kudat to Kota Marudu lost control before entering the opposite lane and hitting the motorcycle.
In Kudat, Musa Bakat, 52, was killed while his son sustained severe injuries when their Perodua Kancil car collided with a Honda CRV travelling in the opposite direction at Jalan Kudat on February 28.