Christmas celebrations turn tragic as Singaporean couple die in KL highway crash


Edmund Ang and his wife, Catharine, were on the way to Kuala Lumpur to spend the holidays with relatives. PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Christmas celebrations turned tragic for the family of married Singaporean couple Edmund Ang, 72, and Catharine Ng, 70, who died in a car crash on Dec 22 morning on a highway towards Kuala Lumpur.

The limousine taxi they were in crashed into the rear of a chemical trailer truck, killing both passengers and the driver upon impact, said the couple’s family members on Dec 28, the first day of the wake in Singapore.

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