{
  "id": 7225506,
  "title": "Hilux driver dies after early‑morning seven‑vehicle collision at Kota Kinabalu traffic lights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/hilux-driver-dies-after-early-morning-seven-vehicle-collision-at-kota",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T02:05:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/14/hilux-driver-dies-after-earlymorning-sevenvehicle-collision-at-kota-kinabalu-traffic-lights/235104"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A 44-year-old Toyota Hilux driver died early this morning in a multi-vehicle collision at traffic lights in Kota Kinabalu, according to reports. The incident, which occurred at around 6:10am, involved seven vehicles and a motorcycle, resulting in the victim being trapped inside his vehicle. Fire and Rescue Station chief, Senior Fire Superintendent Noor Sherriyana Bohari, confirmed that the team arrived at the scene at 6:33am and used specialized rescue equipment to extricate the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was then handed over to the police for further action, and the rescue operation was concluded by 7:55am.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Driver trapped and killed in eight-vehicle Kota Kinabalu pileup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/driver-trapped-and-killed-in-eight-vehicle-kota-kinabalu-pileup",
        "published": "2026-09-14T01:22:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Hilux driver dies after early‑morning seven‑vehicle collision at Kota Kinabalu traffic lights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/hilux-driver-dies-after-early-morning-seven-vehicle-collision-at-kota-7226693",
        "published": "2026-09-14T02:05:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}