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Nurse killed after SUV crashes into her car in Keningau
KENINGAU: A 47-year-old nurse was killed after the car she was driving was rammed by another vehicle at Jalan Patikang, near the Patikang Laut junction, yesterday.
In the 4.10pm incident, the victim, Hilen Tingu, who was attached to Keningau Hospital, succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene after her Perodua Axia was struck on the right side by a Toyota Land Cruiser.
District police chief Superintendent Yampil Anak Garai said preliminary investigations showed both vehicles were travelling from the Agudon roundabout towards the Bakiau roundabout.
"Upon reaching the scene, the victim is believed to have turned right into the Patikang Laut junction when her vehicle was hit from behind by the Toyota Land Cruiser, driven by a 62-year-old man.
"The impact caused her car to be dragged to the left shoulder of the road, and she was pinned in the driver's seat," he said when contacted yesterday.
He said firefighters extricated the victim from the vehicle, and she was confirmed dead by a medical officer from Keningau Hospital's emergency department.
The driver and two passengers of the Toyota Land Cruiser sustained only minor injuries.
The body was sent to the hospital's Forensic Unit for a post-mortem.
"The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987," he said.
