KOTA KINABALU: The driver of the car involved in a fatal accident in Sipitang that claimed two lives was trying to shake off a pursuing Road Transport Department (JPJ) enforcement team.
Sipitang district police chief Deputy Supt Mail Sundongi said the 19-year-old driver and the 14-year-old girl seated in the rear were killed on the spot when the car landed in a ditch along the Sabah Forest Industries road at about 5.10pm on Wednesday (Feb 16).
DSP Mail said there were five people in the car heading to Kampung Sibubu when a JPJ enforcement team ordered the driver to pull over.
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"The driver sped off and a chase ensued," he said, adding that the driver later lost control of the car and skidded off the road.
DSP Mail said JPJ enforcement officials immediately informed police of the accident.
Firemen were called in to help extricate the bodies of the two victims pinned inside the vehicle while three other passengers were rushed to the hospital.
DSP Mail said that the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
