Child dies in five vehicle pile-up caused by potholes in Kinabatangan

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A child was killed in a five-car mishap that was believed to have occurred due to potholes in Kinabatangan district in Sabah on Saturday (Jan 27) morning.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/47t48w6p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A child was killed in a five-car accident believed to have been caused by potholes in

00:07 Kinabatangan district.

00:09 It is believed that the accident occurred after one of the drivers tried to avoid potholes

00:14 along the Sandakan-Lahat Datu Road near Kampung Paris 1 on Saturday morning.

00:19 Kinabatangan OCPD Superintendent Zulbaharin Ismail said initial investigations revealed

00:25 that two lorries had collided when the drivers tried to avoid potholes and uneven roads.

00:31 In a statement, he said two other vehicles, a sedan and a three-ton lorry, had to brake

00:36 to avoid crashing into the lorries.

00:38 However, an express bus coming from the same direction failed to stop and rammed into the

00:43 back of the sedan.

00:45 The impact caused the sedan to slide forward, crashing into the three-ton lorry.

00:50 The sedan driver sustained minor injuries, but a girl in the sedan was later pronounced

00:55 dead.

00:56 Superintendent Zulbaharin added that all 29 passengers and the driver on the express bus

01:02 escaped unhurt.

01:04 Following the accident, the bus driver was detained to facilitate investigations for

01:08 reckless driving, and a remand application would be made soon.

01:12 Sabah Fire and Rescue Department Assistant Director of Operations Hamza Isnerdini said

01:18 they were alerted to an accident involving five vehicles at 11.19 a.m.

01:23 Upon arrival, the team learned that six people were injured, including two adults and four

01:29 children, and had been taken to the hospital.

01:32 Kinabatangan Fire Station Chief Nurul Azlan Shah Jamaluddin later confirmed that the youngest

01:38 member of the group died while undergoing emergency treatment at the Lahat Datu Hospital.

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