KUCHING, Sept. 19 -- A motorcyclist was killed after a collision with a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) that lost control at Jalan Bau-Kuching yesterday afternoon.

Bau district police chief Supt Mohd Haide A Rahman said the incident occurred at KM16.5 Jalan Bau-Kuching and was reported at 4.23pm.

"It is believed the MPV, which was heading from Bau, lost control while ascending a corner and veered into the opposite lane before colliding with a motorcycle coming from Kuching," he said in a statement today.

The impact threw the victim off his motorcycle. Paramedics later pronounced him dead at the scene. The MPV driver and passenger escaped unhurt.

The case is being investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

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