Two burnt to death in taxi on Penang second bridge


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 25 Feb 2017

Firemen carrying out investigations at the scene

NIBONG TEBAL: Two charred bodies, believed to be that of a taxi driver and a passenger, were found in a Proton Persona car that caught fire at KM27 on the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah bridge.

South Seberang Prai OCPD Supt Shafee Abdul Samad said a bridge patrol unit saw the taxi stopping on the road shoulder with two men inside at about 8.10am Saturday with smoke coming out from the car.

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