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Wild elephant tramples elderly woman to death in Tawau
Published on: Friday, September 23, 2022
Published on: Fri, Sep 23, 2022
By: Lagatah Toyos
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Wild elephant tramples elderly woman to death in Tawau
The victim Samsiah Arshad, 67, and her husband were headed to Kongsi 4 of the Cenderamata oil palm plantation on a motorcycle from Kampung Hidayat Batu 4 to visit their grandchild when the incident took place.
TAWAU: A wild elephant is believed to have trampled an elderly woman to death near the Dumpas area, on Jalan Merota-Kalabakan, near here this morning.

Samsiah Arshad, 67, and her husband Tahir Salleh, were headed to Kongsi 4 of the Cenderamata oil palm plantation on a motorcycle from Kampung Hidayat Batu 4 here to visit their grandchild when the 7.30am incident happened.

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Tahir, who is in his 60s, was unhurt.

Tawau police confirmed the incident when contacted, adding that an investigation was underway.
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