Man stands in traffic after fender-bender, dies after being hit by third car near Lahad Datu


KOTA KINABALU: A man who walked out of his car after it collided with another vehicle died after being hit by an oncoming car along Mile 35 of the Lahad Datu-Sandakan road, just after midnight on Sunday (June 16).

The 38-year-old victim had apparently stood in the middle of the road after the accident when he was hit by a car heading to Sandakan from Lahad Datu at 12.30am.

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