Shopping trip for Raya clothes turns tragic as tahfiz student dies in van crash


KOTA BARU: A tahfiz student was killed and 11 others were injured when the van they were travelling in crashed into a ditch on Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra in Taman Bendahara, Pengkalan Chepa near here at 11.32am Tuesday (April 18).

The van was ferrying the tahfiz students home from shopping for Hari Raya Aidilfitri clothes at a nearby supermarket.

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