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PENAMPANG: A 25-year-old local man was killed after the motorcycle he was riding was involved in a collision with a four-wheel-drive vehicle along Jalan Papar–Kota Kinabalu near Kampung Meruntum, Putatan, at about 11.10pm on Tuesday, according to deputy Penampang police chief DSP Erwansyah Abdul Basir.

He said initial investigations indicated that the motorcycle had collided with the rear of the four-wheel-drive vehicle, causing the rider to be thrown into the right-most lane.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical officer from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and his body was sent to the hospital's Forensic Department for a post-mortem.

The driver and a passenger of the four-wheel-drive vehicle were unhurt, while police also found that the vehicle, which had been left about 1.5km from the accident scene, was later set on fire by an unknown individual.

Erwansyah said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, and urged witnesses to come forward to assist investigations while reminding the public not to share images from the scene out of respect for the victim's family.