Bomba personnel managed to extricate the trapped victim from the wreckage.- Photo by Bomba
BINTULU: A tanker truck driver was killed when his vehicle fell into a ravine in an accident at Tatau-Bintulu road this morning.
According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, the 44-year-old driver identified as Joshua Suen Kasin was trapped in the wreckage.
Eight Bomba personnel from Tatau fire station were dispatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at about 9.58am.
The tanker truck driver is believed to have somehow lost control of his vehicle which then landed in a 20-metre deep ravine.
Bomba personnel managed to extricate the body of the victim from the wrecked vehicle.
However, he was later pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.