LAHAD DATU (Sabah): A police corporal was killed when the police van he was driving was crushed by a falling tree in a Felda scheme here today.

Lahad Datu district police chief Dzulbaharin Ismail said the victim, 44, died at the scene. He had been driving from the General Operations Force Komtek Sahabat 16 area to Pantai Sahabat 16.

“A tree on the right side of the road fell suddenly and crushed the van driven by the victim, Dzulbaharin said. A policeman riding a police scrambler motorcycle from the opposite direction, witnessed the incident.