Girl dies, two others injured in KK car-truck collision

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19 Jun 2023 • 1:25 PM MYT
Daily Express
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Kota Kinabalu: A vehicular collision near a Starbucks along Jalan Lintas, here, took the life of a seven-year-old girl and injured two at about 5.40 am today.

City Police chief ACP Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said the u-turn crash involved a Proton Saga and a 40-tonne lorry.

“On scene investigations revealed the lorry to be travelling from Tawau towards Penampang when it crashed into the Proton Saga driven by a 59-year-old woman who was passing a green light.

“The lorry driver, a 38-year-old male, could not stop his vehicle on time resulting in the Proton Saga being flung to the left side of the road."SPONSORED CONTENT Shell’s Access to Energy helps power lives of isolated communities in Sabah Kota Kinabalu: In 2017, Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (SSPC) launched Access to Energy (A2E), a Shell Social Investment programme aimed at providing affordable and continuous supply of electricity from renewable sources for communities who live without connection to the electricity grid. Read more

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