SEMPORNA: A 21-year-old man was injured after the car he was driving veered off the road and crashed into a tree at Kampung Salimbangun here on Thursday night.
Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the scene, about 6km away, within minutes of receiving the emergency call at 10.20pm.
The driver was trapped in the driver’s seat and had to be freed using rescue tools.
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The operation concluded at 11.04pm.
