NSE crash: Forensic team using dental records to identify remaining bodies


TAIPING: The forensic team at the Taiping Hospital is using dental records to confirm the identities of three more Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (Usas) students who were killed in a fatal crash on the North-South Expressway (NSE) northbound near Kuala Kangsar at midnight on Wednesday (May 11).

Kuala Kangsar district police chief ACP Omar Bakhtiar Yaacob said the team had to refer to the records as it was difficult to identify the victims due to the state of their remains.

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