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17th May, 2008
BELURAN: A family of five were killed when their Kancil car collided head-on with a 4WD vehicle.
The deceased persons have been identified as farmer Am bin Balikung, 48, who was driving the Kancil, his sister Munah, 56, their two younger brothers Gettum and Satuk, in their 20s and 30s as well as Am’s 12-year old son, Joshua.
They are residents of Kampung Pelantong here.
The 4WD vehicle driver, a 29-year-old enforcement officer of the Beluran district office, sustained minor injury while his passenger escaped unscathed.
District police chief DSP Shivanathan R. Velautham said all the five family members died at the scene of the crash at KM 10 of the Beluran-Sandakan Road at about 5am yesterday.
He said they were travelling to Sugut to see a piece of land when the fatal accident happened.
“We believe that one of the two drivers lost control of his vehicle resulting in the fatal collision,” Shivanathan said.
He said the bodies of the victims have been sent to the hospital for a post-mortem.
“We are probing the cause of the accident,” he added.
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