Motorcyclist avoids collision with car, strikes traffic light post instead

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APM personnel attending to the motorcyclist at the scene.

KUCHING: A motorcyclist was left with facial and leg injuries after he crashed into a traffic light post while trying to avoid being hit by a car at Siburan, near here yesterday.

A Civil Defence Force (APM) spokesperson said the incident at a traffic light intersection near SMK Siburan happened around 12.30pm.

“Based on the information gathered at the scene, the victim tried to avoid a collision with a car and instead rammed into the traffic light post, causing him to sustain facial and leg injuries,” said the spokesperson in a statement following the incident.

APM paramedics were rushed to the scene to provide medical attention to the 49-year-old victim prior to transporting him to the Sarawak General Hospital for further treatment.