Four crushed to death in tanker-van collision

Deadly accident: Firefighters using a crane to lift the tanker at the scene.

KOTA KINABALU: Four people were crushed to death in an accident between a palm oil tanker lorry and minivan in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district.

The four – including two women, were killed after the tanker rolled over the van, as the two vehicles landed in a drain following the accident at KM3 Jalan Lahad Datu – Tungku at around 5.45am yesterday.