SIBU: A timber lorry driver has been burned to death when the vehicle caught fire after it crashed along a timber trail in Samarakan, Bintulu.
According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department, a call about the crash was received at 1pm on Sunday (June 8) and a team from the Bintulu Fire and Rescue Station was mobilised to the location near Medsum Trading Sdn Bhd, Samarakan, Bintulu.
The victim was identified as Kanang Inggai, 57.
"The front end of the lorry was completely burned with the victim trapped inside. The fire was put out by company workers.
"Firefighters managed to extricate the body at 2.49pm," the centre said in a statement on Sunday. – Bernama
