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Author: EmerGence
By K.M. LEW
IPOH: A couple and their twin sons died when the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident with three other vehicles at the 377th kilometre of the North-South Expressway near Slim River.
Their two other children were injured in the midnight Wednesday mishap that also involved a trailer, lorry and taxi, about 130km from here.
Tanjung Malim deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Anuar Osman said the family was heading north from Labu, Negri Sembilan, to their hometown in Lenggong, northern Perak, to celebrate Hari Raya Haji.
The dead were Shaful Fadzilah Shahar, 35, Siti Suzana Md Nor, 33, and their six-year-old twins Fitri and Fikri.
“The couple and Fitri died on the spot due to serious head injuries while Fikri, who suffered similar injuries, was pronounced dead at the Slim River Hospital.
“Their other son, Firdaus, eight, was admitted at the same hospital with light injuries while their four-year-old daughter Fatihah, who was seriously hurt, was rushed to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh,” DSP Anuar said.
He said a trailer had rammed into the back of the Proton Iswara driven by Shaiful.
“The impact of the crash caused Shaiful’s car to ram into the back of a lorry. A taxi that was in front of the lorry was also hit but its driver escaped with minor injuries,” he said, adding that the driver of the trailer was also injured.
He said it was believed the driver of the trailer was speeding and failed to break in time near the Slim River turn-off where vehicles had slowed down, adding that the wet weather could have also been a contributing factor.
Meanwhile, in Kinabatangan, Sabah, the driver of a car was killed while two others suffered serious injuries in a three-vehicle pileup at the 68th kilometre of Jalan Sandakan-Lahad Datu near here, reported Bernama.
The dead was identified as Nursia Yusof, 24, from Tawau while the identity of two other drivers whose vehicles were also involved in the accident, was not known yet.
Kinabatangan police chief DSP Jaini Abdul Kadir said during the 10.50am incident, Nursia was driving from Kinabatangan to Sandakan when her car collided head-on with another vehicle from the opposite direction.
“Upon impact, the Nursia’s car swerved to the left and was hit by another vehicle which was coming from Kinabatangan,” he said.
The injured have been admitted to the Kinabatangan District Hospital and were reported to be in stable condition while Nursia’s body was also sent to the same hospital for post-mortem, he said.
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