Father and son killed after trailer falls into ravine in Pengkalan Hulu


IPOH: A father and son were killed when the trailer they were in fell into a ravine at KM15.3 Jalan Pengkalan Hulu-Gerik at Pengkalan Hulu, some 170km from here on Monday (Sept 17) morning.

Driver Sharul Anuar Abdul Hamid, 46, and his son Mohd Ikhmal, 20, both from Kuala Kedah, died at the scene after they were flung out of the vehicle and landed on the road shoulder during the 9.15am incident.

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