SANDAKAN: A crew member of a fishing trawler is believed to have died after being overcome by toxic fumes while cleaning the vessel’s icebox at the jetty near the fish market here yesterday.
Ladne Latake, 20, is believed to have collapsed inside the icebox around 7.30am while his colleague Jamaluddin Ali, 38, fainted when he jumped into the box to rescue Ladne.
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