
By DayakDaily Team
KOTA SAMARAHAN, Feb 5: A 22-year-old female food delivery rider was killed after being run over by a tanker lorry in a three-vehicle accident at KM13 Kota Samarahan-Tabuan Jaya road yesterday afternoon.
According to TVS report, Samarahan District Police chief Deputy Superintendent Jaimi Husin said the accident, which occurred at 1.05pm, involved a car, a motorcycle, and a tanker lorry.
“The incident is believed to have happened when the victim, who was riding her motorcycle from Kuching towards Kota Samarahan, collided with the rear of a car that was slowing down at a red traffic light,” he said in a statement yesterday.
The impact caused her to fall into the left lane, where she was run over by a tanker lorry driven by a local man.
“She was pronounced dead at the scene. The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987,” he added. — DayakDaily