PETALING JAYA: Two people were killed and another injured after the four-wheel-drive they were in lost control and plunged into a ravine at Kampung Moyog, Penampang, near Kota Kinabalu in Sabah last night.
According to a Bernama report, the fire and rescue department’s Sabah operations centre said the two, aged 54 and 49, were pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.
“We received an emergency call at 8.15pm and dispatched nine firefighters along with one fire engine to the scene,” said the centre.
A Kosmo report also identified the three victims as cousins, the two deaths being driver Steve Oyong, 54, and passenger Rayner Jentolmin @ Condrad, 49, and the injured victim being Maxwell Minor, 29.
They were apparently on their way back to Kampung Madsiang after attending a wedding in Tambunan, when the Isuzu Bighorn they were driving overturned and fell into the ravine.
The bodies have been handed over to the police for further action.