A street in mourning after crash

Twist of fate: Lim showing the bicycle that her mother , who died in the van crash, used to ride every morning, at their house in Kampung Machang Bubuk in Bukit Mertajam. Lim was supposed to join the fatal trip but the van was already full. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Jalan Lapan, Kampung Machang Bubuk, is only a short street with about a dozen houses.

Yesterday, families living in the whole stretch was in mourning.