KUANTAN: Three Haj pilgrims died on the spot and three others were injured when the van they were traveling in crashed into the back of an iron ore-laden lorry at KM210.2 of the East Coast Highway heading towards Kuantan here early Wednesday morning.
The fatalities were front passenger Kamarudin Ab Rahman, 43, from Permatang Badak and two back passengers Zainab Awang Hassan, 59, of Kampung Seri Teruntum and Fatimah Said, 63, from Kampung Rozali near Jalan Gambang here.
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