KUANTAN – Three brothers were killed in an accident involving a lorry and a crane at KM136 of Jalan Kuantan/Johor Baru near Kg Sepakat, Rompin yesterday.
Rompin district police chief Mohd Azahari Mukhtar said the victims were identified as Muhammad Firdaus Abu Bakar, 28, Muhammad Solihin, 21, and Ahmad Jazuly, 17, whose address is at Jalan Sg Kolek, Rompin.
“The 7.20pm incident is believed to have occurred when the lorry they were travelling in skidded and crashed into a crane on the opposite lane,” he said in a statement here last night.
The 38-year-old crane driver was also injured in the accident.
Azahari said the victims’ bodies were sent to Rompin Hospital for a post-mortem and the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, June 9, 2023
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