Four killed after being rammed by drunk driver in Tawau

TAWAU (Bernama): Four men were killed and another man broke his left leg after they were rammed by a car while relaxing at the BDC (1Arena) Commerical Centre parking lot early Sunday, said police.  

In the 1.15am incident on Jalan Chong Thien Vun, the car driven by a 34-year-old woman also rammed into a van and two cars.  

Tawau district police chief ACP Fadil Marsus said initial investigations revealed that the incident was due to the negligence of the woman, who was believed to be drunk while driving.   

"The incident was believed to have occurred when the woman, who also sustained injuries, was heading to Jalan Tiku from Tawau town, but lost control of her car upon reaching Jalan Chong Thien Vun after the Kubota roundabout.  

"Her car skidded into the opposite direction, ramming the three vehicles and several people there," he said in a statement here.  

ACP Fadil said the four victims killed were identified as Hiew Nyuk Wei, 30, Clawence Wong Vun Kit, 21, Dicson Lim Kien Shing, 16, and Chong Wei Chan, 21, while Chin Guan Xiong, 21, was injured.  

He said the bodies of the deceased were sent to Tawau Hospital for post-mortem while the two injured were brought to the same hospital for treatment. - Bernama