Kota Kinabalu: An 18-year-old was killed after his motorcycle collided with a 4WD Isuzu D-Max vehicle along Jalan Lintas, near City Mall, on Saturday night.
The accident occurred at about 10.20pm, on Nov 7, when the motorcycle collided with the vehicle while travelling from Bukit Padang towards Inanam.
Kota Kinabalu district police chief ACP Shahrudin Mat Husain said preliminary investigations found that the Isuzu D-Max, driven by a 45-year-old man, was believed to have been making a U-turn when the collision occurred.
He said the motorcycle was travelling straight in the second lane from the left when it struck the front left side of the four-wheel-drive vehicle, throwing the rider onto the road.
“The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel from the Emergency and Trauma Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital II. The victim’s body was later taken to the Forensic Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a post-mortem examination,” he said here on Sunday.
Shahrudin said the 45-year-old driver had been arrested to assist in investigations and the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
He said police urged anyone with information on the accident to contact investigating officer Insp Royston Ubak at 016-3130153 or report to the nearest police station.
