Collision kills big biker, SUV driver in Papar, Sabah

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A big biker and the driver of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) were killed when they collided on the Pan Borneo highway in Papar, Sabah, on Sunday (Oct 27).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2dyf7nr3  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A motorcyclist and an SUV driver were killed in a collision on the Penn-Borneo Highway

00:13in Papar on Sunday morning.

00:16The driver, identified as 75-year-old Lidinus Jusim alias John Jusim Majanun, and the motorcyclist,

00:2334-year-old Muhammad Ekshamsya Jinal, died at the scene.

00:29Papar OCPD Superintendent Kamaruddin Ambo Saka reported that the 8.50am accident occurred

00:36as the motorcyclist, returning from the Borneo Island International Big Bike Festival BIIBBF

00:43with a convoy, was heading toward Keningau.

00:46Preliminary investigations indicate the motorcyclist was in the overtaking lane when the SUV, coming

00:52from the opposite direction, made an abrupt U-turn, resulting in the fatal collision.

00:58Both victims sustained severe injuries, and medical personnel pronounced them dead at

01:03the scene.

01:04Their bodies were sent to the hospital's forensics unit for identification and postmortem examination.

01:10The case is under investigation for reckless driving under the Road Transport Act 1987.

01:17The State Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call about the accident at Jalan

01:22Lama, Kampung Purak, Papar, around 9.20am, dispatching a 10-member team from the Papar

01:28Fire Station, who confirmed the fatalities upon arrival.

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