Two brothers, aged 50 and 69, in Kanowit, woman, 71, in Sarikei killed in two separate road accidents

KANOWIT, Oct 29 2025: Two brothers were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with an oil tanker along Jalan Majau this afternoon.

Picture: The badly damaged car in which the two brothers were killed after the collision with an oil tanker
 

The brothers, aged 50 and 69, died on the spot while the driver of the tanker escaped without injuries.

According to the Kanowit Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) station, it received a call about the collision from a member of the public about 12.32pm.

“The personnel from the Ministry of Health confirmed that the two brothers in Perodua Axia died on the spot,” the station said in a statement.

It said their bodies have been handed over to the police for further action.

In another road crash in Sarikei, a 71-year old woman was killed when the vehicle she and another person were travelling in collided with another vehicle at a spot near the Custom housing estate.

Sarikei Bomba station said the other person in the same car escaped without any injury.

The station said that the two persons in another vehicles were also escaped without any injury.