Sabah mum's last act was trying to save son before being hit by train


KOTA KINABALU: A mother's last effort was to try and save her son before they were hit by a train along the Petagas railway tracks near here on Tuesday (Nov 19) afternoon.

According to people at the scene, the 41-year-old woman is believed to have pushed her son away from her in an attempt to get him to safety moments before she was crushed under the train.

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