Road trip turns fatal for duo

DEADLY IMPACT........The general view of the wreckage of the Proton Satria car twisted and stuck in the tree after the accident at KM12.0 of the North-South Expressway near Changlun, heading towards Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah on late Thursday evening (20th June 2013). As towing truck operators tried to shift away the car from the tree, the car split into two part. (Captioned by photographer G.C.TAN / THE STAR - 21th June 2013)

ALOR SETAR: A car carrying two friends from Langkawi skidded and crashed into a tree along the North-South Expressway near the border town of Changlun, about 42km north of here, killing both men.

Businessman Teh Eng Chuwan, 47, and tour operator Chung Yoke Kyon, 28, were ahead of a convoy of cars travelling towards Danok, a popular Thai border town known for its nightlife and shopping, when the crash occurred around 10pm on Thursday.