TAWAU, Nov 2 — Three members of a family were killed while a 15-year-old girl was seriously injured after the car they were travelling in skidded off the road at Batu 14, Jalan Apas, here at about 9.30am today.
Tawau police chief ACP Rosdi Mat Jusoh said the deceased were a 50-year-old woman and her two sons, aged 30 and 28, who were pronounced dead at the scene at 10.16am.
He said the family was travelling from Kampung Bahagia, Sandakan, to Tawau when the 28-year-old son, who was driving, allegedly lost control of the car along a straight stretch of road.
The vehicle skidded onto the left shoulder, crashed into an oil palm tree, travelled about 60 metres before overturning and coming to a stop.
