Six injured, including three children, in Penampang two-vehicle crash

Six people, three of them children, were injured in a collision between two vehicles on Jalan Bundusan in Penampang, Sabah, early on Monday morning, according to the Sabah Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM). The department said four of the victims were seriously hurt, while an infant escaped with minor injuries.

In a statement, JBPM identified the seriously injured as a 37-year-old woman who was driving a Perodua Axia, along with a boy and a girl aged eight and five. The two men travelling in a Toyota Hilux — its 20-year-old driver and a second, unidentified male — were also seriously injured.

The department said it received an emergency call at 6.49am and sent ten personnel from the Penampang Fire and Rescue Station, who reached the scene at 7.10am. Fire crews gave all the victims initial treatment before they were taken to hospital in the department's Emergency Medical Rescue Services vehicle and a Ministry of Health ambulance.

The operation, which was assisted by police and health ministry personnel, ended at 7.57am after the scene was declared safe and under control. The report was carried by Bernama and published by Malay Mail.