BELURAN: Three farmhands were killed and four others seriously injured after a tractor plunged into a ravine in an oil palm plantation here this afternoon.
Beluran police chief Hasan Majid said the fatal accident at 5.42pm led to the deaths of a 28-year-old Indonesian man and two Filipino women aged 42 and 28.
“The four victims who suffered serious injuries were the Indonesian driver aged 29 and three Filipino women aged 22, 26 and 45.
“The victims were aboard the tractor when the driver lost his grip on a steep road, resulting in the tractor skidding and plunging into the ravine,” he said here tonight.
He said an investigation is being held for dangerous driving.