RANAU: A 65-year-old local senior citizen climber died while climbing Mount Kinabalu, Sunday afternoon.
Head of Ranau Fire and Rescue Station, Ridwan Mohd Taib, said the victim was found unconscious at Kilometer 5.5 of Mount Kinabalu.
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"The victim was then brought down using a 'Robinson stretcher' to Timpohon Gate, where the victim was confirmed dead by a medical officer from the Ministry of Health Malaysia (KKM)," he said.
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