Man killed, three injured in car-backhoe crash in George Town


GEORGE TOWN: A man has been killed and three others injured after the car they were travelling in skidded and crashed into a backhoe along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway near Bukit Dumbar early on Sunday (June 9).

A spokesman for the Penang Fire and Rescue Department's (JBPM) operations centre said the deceased was a 28-year-old man who died at the scene after being pinned behind the front passenger seat.

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