Teenage motorcyclist dies in crash, mother and son injured


Policemen removing the body of a motorcyclist who was killed in an accident in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A teenage motorcyclist died after hitting a temporary cone placed as a road divider before crashing into two pedestrians along Jalan Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)-Sulaman road here.

Kota Kinabalu OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said that the 19-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical officer in the 7.45am accident on Wednesday (Aug 2). He died of severe head injuries.

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