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A fatal traffic accident in Sarawak's Sibu district claimed two lives when a vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a drainage channel. Rescue crews recovered the bodies from the submerged car.
A 34-year-old campaign volunteer was struck and killed by a lorry while installing state election flags in Negeri Sembilan. The driver fled the scene, prompting a police investigation under hit-and-run provisions.
A lorry driver in his 40s died when his 10-tonne vehicle plunged into a 150-foot ravine near Pos Blau-Lojing Bridge in Gua Musang. Firefighters took nearly three hours to locate and retrieve the body.