KLUANG – A man was killed while three of his family members were injured after the car they were travelling in hit an elephant at Km70 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Mersing near here yesterday.
Renggam fire station operations commander Abd Rahim Razali said a team of eight firemen from the station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call at 9.59pm.
“The team managed to remove the driver, identified as Ismail Daud, 37, who is believed to have died on the spot in the crash,” he said in a statement today.
He said the injured were Ismail’s 5 year-old son, his 65 year-old father-in-law and a male relative who is in his 30s.
He said the body was handed over to police, while those injured were sent to Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, Kluang district deputy police chief Abdul Razak Abdullah Sani in a statement confirmed the incident.
He said the family were heading towards Kluang from Felda Bukit Tongkat when the car hit an elephant that was crossing the road.
The impact caused the elephant to fall on the car and the driver was pinned in his seat in the crushed vehicle. – Bernama, October 17, 2021
