Women and children injured, pick-up accident in Serial

SERIAN, 18 Oct: An adult woman and a boy were injured after a pickup truck was dropped onto the shoulder of the road in a suicide accident in Belimbing Village, Serian-Sri Aman Road, today.

According to the Centre for Operational Motions (PGO) of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Sarawak, it received an emergency call at 4.41 pm before a team from Bombing and Rescue Hall (BBP) Serian arrived on site at 4.59 pm.

"Both victims were unharmed and successfully evacuated by civilians before the bomb squad arrived. The woman complained of waist pain, while the boy suffered minor injuries.

"The bomb squad provided early treatment by installing a cervical collar on the female victim before helping to transfer the victim using a sieve to be delivered to an ambulance of the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MMO)", the statement said.

The operation was successfully controlled at 5:10 p.m. and fully completed nine minutes later. Eight members of the BBP Serian were involved in the operation with the help of an FRT machine and an EMRS, besides KKM and Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM).