ALOR GAJAH – Two members of a family were killed while another was seriously injured when the car they were travelling in skidded and hit a tree on Jalan Lendu on their way to the Aidilfitri bazaar in Pekan Masjid Tanah here at midnight last night.
Alor Gajah district police chief Arshad Abu said the victims were identified as the Myvi car driver Muhammad Hasraf Amin Hasrin, 23, and the front-seat passenger, who is his uncle, Mohd Firdaus Yusof, 37.
He said another uncle of Hasraf, Azizul Hamis@Jainy, 37, who was sitting in a rear passenger seat, suffered severe head injuries.
“Preliminary investigations found that before the incident, Hasraf was travelling from Taman Dimensi in Lendu heading towards Masjid Tanah. When passing through Jalan Lendu, the victim lost control of his vehicle before skidding and crashing into a tree on the left shoulder of the road.
“The driver and front-seat passenger, believed to have suffered internal injuries, died at the scene,” he said in a statement here today.
He added that the injured victim was taken to Alor Gajah Hospital, and the remains of the two victims were also taken to the same hospital for post-mortem.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, April 14, 2023
