TUARAN, Sept. 6 -- The multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) involved in an accident with a lorry that claimed the lives of five Institut Kemahiran MARA (IKM) students was travelling at high speed, police said.

District police chief Superintendent Noraidin Ag Maidin said preliminary investigations showed that the MPV, carrying the victims, was heading to Kota Belud from Kota Kinabalu.

Noraidin added that the driver of the MPV is believed to have lost control before the vehicle skidded into the opposite lane.

"This caused the MPV to collide with a lorry transporting stones from Tuaran towards Kota Kinabalu," he said in a statement today.

He added that all victims trapped inside the vehicle were extricated by personnel from the Tuaran Fire and Re...