A secondary school principal was killed after the pickup truck he was driving veered off the road and crashed into a drain before slamming into a utility pole in Sabah on Tuesday evening.
The accident occurred at around 5pm at the 18km mark along the Kota Kinabalu–Kudat road, near the Sikuati RTM junction.
Kudat district police chief Superintendent Mohd Harris Ibrahim said the victim was identified as Ahmad Maiduna, 60, the principal of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sikuati.
He said the victim was driving a pickup truck from Kota Kinabalu towards Kudat when the incident happened.
“Witnesses reported that the vehicle suddenly slowed down before losing control, swerving to the right side of the road, plunging into a roadside drain and colliding with a utility pole,” he said in a statement.
Preliminary checks found no visible external injuries on the victim’s body. Police are continuing investigations to determine the actual cause of the accident.
The victim’s body was sent to hospital for a post-mortem examination, and the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
