Cops confirm Sabah state court director Marutin Pagan killed in crash

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Director of Sabah state courts, Marutin Pagan, 56, was killed in a road accident involving two vehicles at the Kanowit-Durin roundabout, near Sibu, Sarawak on Sunday (March 30).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yza3tytp  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Marutin Pagan, director of Sabah State Courts, was killed in a road accident involving two

00:08vehicles at the Kanowit Durin roundabout near Cebu on Sunday.

00:13Cebu OCPD Assistant Commissioner Zulkifli Suhaily confirmed that the accident occurred

00:19around 1.59 p.m. and resulted in Marutin's death.

00:23Investigations revealed that a Toyota Fortuner, in which Marutin was travelling, was struck

00:29by a Proton X70 while heading from Kanowit town to Cebu.

00:34The impact caused the Toyota Fortuner, driven by a 28-year-old woman, to overturn.

00:40Marutin was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

00:44The 42-year-old Proton X70 driver, along with the Toyota Fortuner driver and four other

00:50passengers, sustained minor injuries and were taken to Kanowit Hospital for treatment.

00:56The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act,

01:021987.

01:03Meanwhile, Marutin's sister, Maria Pagan, shared on Facebook that he was travelling

01:09from Machan in Kanowit to Cebu at the time of the accident.

01:13Before his appointment as Sabah State Courts Director, Marutin had served as a Sessions

01:18Court Judge in Bintulu, Cebu and Kuching.

01:26For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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