Elderly man dies in early morning accident near Putatan

KOTA KINABALU: An elderly man died after losing control of his motorcycle and was thrown 16 meters on the Penampang-Papar road early Thursday (Nov 7).

Penampang district police chief Supt Sammy Newton said the 75-year-old man was on his way to Papar from the city here when he is believed to have lost control of the vehicle at KM34 of the Penampang-Papar road near Putatan, at about 4.30am