The wrecked police vehicle along the Sandakan-Telupid road.
The accident between the Toyota Land Cruiser and express bus at Km 33, Sandakan-Lahad Datu bypass.
KOTA KINABALU: A policeman, a senior citizen and an estate manager were killed in three separate accidents on Wednesday and yesterday morning.
The cop died while his friend was injured when their vehicle skidded at Km 33, Sandakan-Telupid Road in Kinabatangan yesterday morning.
According to the station chief of Kinabatangan Fire and Rescue Department, Rosemedian Majid, the driver of a Nissan Navarra patrol car, Corporal Khairul Azmuddin Zulkiflie, 32, passed away at the scene while his partner who sat on the front passenger seat, Sub-Inspector Mohd Awang Abdulah, 56, was injured.
The duo, who were attached to the Beluran police station, were involved in the accident after their vehicle skidded on the road before hitting the safety barrier around 2.30am.
Sandakan police chief ACP Zabidi Mohd Zain said initial investigations revealed the crash occurred when the four-wheel drive skidded and hit the road divider.
He said the road was a straight stretch but visibility was poor as there was no streetlight.
Khairul Azmuddin from Kuala Lumpur, is survived by his wife Maslina Ampong, a kindergarten teacher and two children.
In the second incident that happened around 1.30pm on Wednesday at Km 33, Sandakan-Lahad Datu bypass, the estate manager succumbed to his injuries after his Toyota Land Cruiser was hit by an express bus.
The express bus with 16 passengers was overtaking other vehicles before it crashed into the victim’s car that was turning to the right side.
Kinabatangan acting police chief ASP Marcos Lawrence said Rogeeguillo @ Rogellio, 50, died on the spot while the 40-year-old bus driver and his 16 passengers escaped unhurt.
He said both cases would be investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
The third accident involved a 71-year-old woman who was killed when a Proton Wira car hit her while she was crossing the Bundusan Road, near Kampung Baru Luyang in Penampang yesterday morning.
Rusnah Marikan succumbed to severe head and body injuries in the 5.30am incident.
It is believed that the victim was on her way home to Kampung Baru Luyang when the Proton Wira car, driven by a 22-year-old man that was heading to Luyang from Beverly Hills, crashed into the elderly woman while crossing the road.
The victim was thrown a couple of meters from the scene and died instantly.
District police chief DSP Rosley Hobden said the victim’s body had been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a post-mortem and family members had been notified of the incident.
“Police have detained the driver to assist investigation,” he said.
Rosley urged eyewitnesses to assist police to investigate the case under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.