Couple and two kids encounter close call with death after van catches fire

Firemen used water and foam to put out the fire at the van's engine in the wee hour accident on Friday (April 12).

KOTA KINABALU: A couple and their two children had a close shave with death when the van they boarded caught fire in an early morning accident, on Friday.

The husband, 33, who was driving the van, his 31-year-old wife, six-year-old daughter and son suffered minor injuries after their car was rammed head-on by an MPV before catching fire along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, here, at 12.45am.