Motorcyclist, pillion rider killed after vehicle rams into them in Tawau


KOTA KINABALU: Two plantation workers were killed when the motorcycle they were riding was rear-ended by a four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle at KM60 of the Kunak-Tawau road.

The motorcyclist, Usman Jamal, 30, died on the spot after he was thrown more than 200m away from the point of collision while 16-year-old pillion rider Aziz Samsuddin died at the Tawau hospital at 4.20am Saturday (Jan 22) following the accident that occurred during heavy rains at about 7.15pm on Friday (Jan 21).

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