Lorry driver burnt to death after in Bintulu

 

Firefighters removing the charred remains of a victim from a lorry at Jalan Samarakan, Bintulu - PIC COURTESY OF FIRE & RESCUE DEPT

SIBU: A timber lorry driver was burned to death when his vehicle caught fire after it crashed along a timber trail in Samarakan, Bintulu today.

According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre, a call about the crash was received at 1pm and a team from the Bintulu fire and rescue station was mobilised to the location near Medsum Trading Sdn Bhd, Samarakan, Bintulu.

The victim was identified as Kanang Inggai, aged 57.

"The front end of the lorry was totally burned.

"The victim was trapped and found burned.

"The fire had been put out by company workers," it said in a statement today.

It said the firefighters managed to extricate the body at 2.49pm.

– Bernama