BATU PAHAT: A motorist has died after the vehicle he was driving was involved in an accident where a lorry ploughed into six other vehicles here. Ayer Hitam Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Hafizul Adzrin said they received a distress call at 10.06am on Tuesday (Sept 30) about the incident in front of the Sabak...
KOTA KINABALU: Two people were killed in an early morning blaze in Kota Belud district. The charred remains of the victims, a 47-year-old couple, were found in the bathroom area of the burnt-down house. Kota Belud Fire Station chief Elgi Bakuk said they found the remains at around 4am. He stated they received the distress call from Kg...
SIMPANG RENGGAM: A male lorry driver was killed in an accident with another lorry on the North-South Expressway. Renggam Fire station chief Mohd Nizar Ma’mun said the incident happened at KM69 of the expressway on Thursday (Aug 22) He said they received an emergency call about the incident at 6.29pm. Six firemen and a Fire Rapid Tender...
KOTA KINABALU: A durian seller died after falling unconscious from an electric shock while trying to escape a burning hut in Kota Belud district on Tuesday (Aug 20). The 67-year-old, identified as Latihim Baling Kok, was said to have touched live wires as she was fleeing the hut. Sabah Fire and Rescue Department station chief for Kota...
KOTA KINABALU: A local man fainted during his attempt to climb Mount Kinabalu and was later pronounced dead in Sabah’s hill district of Ranau, some 100km from here. The 52-year-old man, who was climbing with his wife, was within 200m of reaching Malaysia’s highest peak when he collapsed on Tuesday (June 11). Ranau police chief Deputy Supt...
KUALA LUMPUR: One person has died and another injured after a tree fell on Jalan Sultan Ismail here, hitting 17 vehicles. KL Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) M. Fatta M. Amin said they received a distress call at 2.19pm on Tuesday (May 7). "We dispatched 27 firemen, four fire engines and four emergency medical rescue...
PETALING JAYA: A woman died after her four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicle fell into a gorge in Batang Kali. When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the department was notified of the road accident at 6.28pm Sunday (Feb 11). He said the operation chief at the location confirmed that a 4WD had...
SUBANG JAYA: A man has been killed in a shootout with police in Puchong Prima here. Many curious onlookers crowded the area as police blocked off the road where the shooting occurred on Sunday (Jan 14). Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Wan Azlan Wan Mamat was spotted at the scene of the incident and said a full...
KOTA KINABALU: A group of men could only look on helplessly as their friend was mauled by a crocodile in Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district early Wednesday (Sept 20). In the pre-dawn attack, four men were trapping crabs in waters off Kampung Tinagian, Tanjung Labian, when the reptile lunged at the victim, a 23-year-old oil...
IPOH: A 63-year-old Orang Asli woman was killed after being trampled by an elephant near a durian farm in Kampung Bal, RPS Kemar at Gerik. Gerik OCPD Supt Zulkifli Mahmood said investigations found that the victim had gone to the farm to pick some durians before she came across the animal between 4pm and 5pm on...
