Driver burnt to death after car smashes into tree on Penang expressway


GEORGE TOWN: A 25-year-old man was found burnt to death in the driver's seat of a Proton Saga FLX after the car rammed into a tree and caught fire along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway on Sunday.

The morning accident occurred in front of the Malaysia Highway Authority Penang office near Batu Uban.

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