The car that crashed into the garbage collection centre in Sandakan.
KOTA KINABALU: A car passenger was killed after the vehicle crashed into a roadside garbage collection site in Sabah’s east coast Sandakan district on Tuesday (May 2).
The man, aged 42, died on the spot following the accident at Jalan Batu Sapi at 8.59am.
Sandakan Deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Hamizi Halim said the victim was travelling with five other friends, adding that they were headed to the city centre from Kampung Bahagia when the incident occurred.
He said the driver, aged 29, had lost control of the vehicle before it veered and crashed into the garbage collection site.
"From the impact, the passenger was killed on the spot while four other friends, including the driver, were seriously hurt," he said, adding that the remaining passenger escaped uninjured.
He said the case was being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
In a separate accident in the neighbouring Tawau district on Monday (May 1), a 56-year-old man was killed after he also apparently lost control of his vehicle and it crashed into a ditch.
Acting Tawau OCPD Supt Champin Piuh said the mishap occurred at KM43 of Jalan Tawau-Kalabakan at 5.30pm.
He said the driver was travelling with four passengers, adding that they were headed to Bandar Tawau from Brantian.
"The driver lost control of the car before it skidded to the right side of the road and into a ditch, crashing into its concrete wall," he said, in a statement here on Tuesday.
"The driver died on the way to the Tawau general hospital while his friends, two women, aged 31 and 39, with their young children suffered serious injuries," he added.
Supt Champin said the incident was also being probed under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
