By DayakDaily Team
MIRI, Oct 15: A 24-year-old woman was killed after the Toyota Camry Hybrid she was driving reportedly crashed into the rear of a stone-laden lorry along the Pan Borneo Highway near Niah this morning, with the lorry no longer at the scene when rescuers arrived.
Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Batu Niah responded to the emergency at 7am and swiftly dispatched a team of firefighters to the scene at Hotspot Gelory, along the stretch of road from Bintulu towards Miri.
Upon arrival, firefighters found the car in the right lane, with the woman trapped in the driver’s seat.
The team carried out an initial assessment before using specialised road traffic accident rescue equipment to extricate the victim from the wreckage.
However, she was pronounced dead at the scene by Ministry of Health personnel.
Her body was subsequently handed over to the police.
After the damaged car was removed by a tow truck, firefighters began clearing the road using a hose reel. The cleanup operation was still ongoing at the time of the report. — DayakDaily
