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The truck overturned in the ravine.
SIBU (April 2): Five church members, including a pastor, cheated death when the four-wheel-drive vehicle they were traveling in crashed about 30 meters down a ravine in Pakan this afternoon.
It took them more than two hours before they all managed to climb safely from the ravine to the edge of the road.
Later, a wooden truck from the camp sent them to Pakan Health Clinic before being transferred to Sarikei Hospital for medical observation.
According to Pastor Esly Aloi, who was aboard the vehicle when the ordeal occurred, they were heading to a church in the Limau Region to prepare for Good Friday, which is one of the programs for the 2021 Easter celebrations.
“The incident occurred when we were traveling to the church using the logging road as there is no paved road to our church in Bukit Bijang, Entalai, Pakan.
Suddenly, our vehicle lost control and sank about 30 meters into the ravine, “he said when contacted.
He said the four-wheel-drive vehicle flipped several times before coming to a stop at the bottom of the ravine.
Esly said that the inhabitants of Bukit Bijang had no choice but to use the dangerous forest roads located in the mountainous areas for their daily transportation.
“Road conditions have never been good, but this is the only forest road that people in the area can use. We really don’t have a choice. “
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