Sandakan village road blocked by massive boulder after landslide

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A landslide sent a boulder crashing onto Jalan Buli Sim-Sim in Sandakan on Thursday (April 3) morning, forcing the authorities to shut down a 500m stretch.  The boulder, measuring about 4m in height and 11m in length, is blocking the full width of the road.  Read more at http://rb.gy/y3kuxa   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A landslide sent a boulder crashing onto Jalan Buli Simsim in Sandakan on Thursday morning,

00:08forcing the authorities to shut down a 500-metre stretch.

00:12The boulder, measuring about four metres in height and 11 metres in length, is blocking

00:17the full width of the road.

00:19No injuries were reported in the 10 a.m. incident.

00:23Public works department personnel at the scene said the landslide could have been triggered

00:27by long-term erosion as the inner part of the rock had become hollow after years of

00:33water seepage.

00:35The department also does not rule out the possibility of further landslides and will

00:39meet to decide if the road closure should remain in place.

00:43Other agencies, including the police and fire and rescue department, were at the scene to

00:48monitor the situation and reroute traffic.

00:51Motorists have been advised to avoid the area and use alternative routes until further notice.

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