Mother dies, husband and sons injured after car ends up in ditch in KK

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A woman was killed  and her husband and two children were injured when their car ended up in a ditch following a collision on Jalan Lintas in Kota Kinabalu.   In the 9pm incident at the Iramanis area on Sunday (Dec 22), the 58-year-old woman, seated in the front was thrown about 50m from the car driven by her 61-year-old husband.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ydbfjnr5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A woman was killed and her husband and two children were injured when their car crashed

00:07into a ditch on Jalan Lintas in Kota Kinabalu.

00:11In the accident on Sunday night, the 58-year-old woman, seated in the front, was thrown about

00:1650 metres from the car, driven by her 61-year-old husband.

00:21The drivers sustained injuries, while their sons, aged 23 and 15, were ejected from the

00:27vehicle, but only suffered minor injuries.

00:30Kota Kinabalu Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said the family was on their way

00:35home at the time.

00:37It is learned that the husband tried to change lanes, but was startled by another vehicle,

00:42causing him to brake suddenly and return to the original lane.

00:45However, he lost control of the car, which then collided with another vehicle driven

00:51by a man in his 40s.

00:53The family's car then crashed into a ditch on the left side of the road.

00:57As a result, the three passengers were ejected from the car, leading to the woman's death.

01:03The two people in the other vehicle were unharmed.

01:06The case is being investigated under Section 41, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act,

01:121987 for reckless driving.

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