Tragic incident: Authorities at the scene of the crash in Sipitang.
KOTA KINABALU: Two teenagers were killed when their car crashed as they fled from a chasing Road Transport Department (JPJ) patrol car.
Three others in the car were injured in the accident in Sipitang here after the driver lost control of his vehicle during the pursuit.
Sipitang district police chief Deputy Supt Mail Sundongi said the 19-year-old teenage driver and a 14-year-old girl in the rear passenger seat died on the spot.
The car ended up in a ditch along Jalan Sabah Forest Industries after the accident at about 5.10pm on Wednesday.
Based on initial investigations, DSP Mail said the car with five people in it was heading to Kampung Sibubu from a shopping complex when a JPJ enforcement team tailed them for a while before switching on the beacon lights to order the driver to pull over.
“The car driver sped off and a chase ensued," he said.
DSP Mail said JPJ enforcement officials immediately informed police of the accident.
Firemen were called in to help extricate the bodies of the driver and passenger pinned inside the car, while three other passengers were rushed to the hospital.
DSP Mail said that the case was being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act.
