The girl’s remains (left) covered cloth while her cousin lies injured on the road as passers-by who helped called the authorities earlier look on.
KOTA KINABALU: A student was killed when the motorcycle she was riding pillion crashed to the side of the road in Sepanggar near her.
The 17-year-old girl was rushed to the Likas Hospital, where she died some six hours later.
Kota Kinabalu OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said the girl sustained serious head injuries following the crash near Kampung Lokub at 6pm on Monday (June 19).
She was sitting pillion on the motorcycle rode by her cousin brother, 18, he added.
"It was drizzling and the road was wet then.
“As they came to Kampung Lokub, the rider lost control of the machine and crashed it to the side of the road,” he said in a statement here on Tuesday (June 20).
ACP Mohd Zaidi said both the cousins were sprawled on the ground, bleeding heavily, as passers-by helped to call an ambulance.
He said a worker from the hospital notified police that the teenager succumbed to her injuries soon after midnight.
“The rider, who also suffered serious head injuries, has been transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1 for further treatment.
“The victim's remains will be sent for an autopsy,” ACP Mohd Zaidi said, adding that investigations are ongoing under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless or dangerous driving.
