Eight people escape tragedy after boat capsizes in Likas


KOTA KINABALU: Eight people, including a 63-year-old woman, managed to swim to safety after a boat capsized in Likas here.

Miraculously, the elderly woman who was carried away by waves when the vessel capsized at Sungai Lembaga Padi, Kampung Cenderamata 2 there, succeeded in climbing up the riverbank further down the section near Yayasan Sabah Building.

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