BAU: A lorry driver sustained serious injuries after he allegedly stabbed himself with a kitchen knife at the Keranji quarry workers’ quarters yesterday (Mar 13). DSP Poge Nyaon, the Bau police chief, said a team rushed to the scene of the incident after they received a call at 4.30 pm.
SERIAN: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for an elderly man reported missing after failing to return home at Kampung Taie, Jalan Baki-Riih, has been called off. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the five-day operation had been carried around the victim’s farm and around Kampung
SERIAN: An elderly pedestrian died from severe injuries after she was allegedly hit by an unidentified vehicle along KM80, Jalan Kuching-Sri Aman yesterday. Serian police chief DSP Aswandy Anis in a statement, said they received information around 6.20 am regarding a hit-and-run accident, which resulted in the death of a
KUCHING: Flood victims in the district who were evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS) last Saturday have been allowed to return home today. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the relief centres at Dewan Sinaran Lumut and the Dewan Kampung Sungai Bedaun were closed at 11am. A total of
KUCHING: A telecommunications tower along Jalan Stephen Yong here caught fire last night (Mar 12). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from the Batu Lintang station were despatched to the scene after they received a distress call around 9.40 pm. The fire occurred at the
SELANGAU: A lorry attendant died from severe injuries following a two-lorry collision along Jalan Pan Borneo here, this morning. The accident involving a fertilizer-laden lorry and a cement-laden lorry occurred near SK Sungai Sepiring around 6.20 am. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from the
SERIAN: A police constable was killed after his car skidded and crashed into a road divider along Sungai Sabang Bridge this morning. The victim identified as Mohd Shamezad Mohd Salehuddin, is a constable attached to Serian police station. Serian district police chief DSP Aswandy Anis in a statement, said they
KUCHING: Two crocodiles have escaped their enclosure at Matang Wildlife Centre after the fences were damaged following a heavy downpour on Saturday (Mar 11). The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) issued this alert through their Facebook page this morning. It said that the reptiles are respectively about 10-foot and 16-foot long.
BINTULU: A van driver died on the spot following a fatal collision involving a van and an employee bus along Jalan Pesisir Samalaju here yesterday (Mar 12). A spokesman from the state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said they received an emergency call regarding the accident around 7.40am. Firemen from Kidurong and
PADAWAN: Authorities are suspecting that arson was in play after five motorcycles were destroyed in a fire in front of a 24-hour convenience store at Jalan Matang here yesterday (Mar 11). Padawan district police chief Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad, in a statement, said the state Fire and Rescue Department