KUANTAN: A police officer and his wife were killed while their four children were injured in an early morning crash near Pekan.
The vehicle they were travelling in collided with another car along Jalan Kuantan-Segamat.
Pekan police chief Supt Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin identified the victims as Insp Syah Lokman Ludza Ramli, 50, who served at the Kuantan district police headquarters, and his wife Nurulfiza Ardiana Ambak, 46.
The couple was pronounced dead at the scene.
Supt Mohd Zaidi said the accident is believed to have occurred at about 3am and involved a Proton Wira driven by the victim and a Honda City.
“Initial investigations found that the Honda City, driven by a 26-year-old man, was travelling from Gelang Patah to Terengganu, while the Proton Wira, driven by the victim, was heading from Kuantan towards Jempol,” Bernama reported him as saying.
“The Proton Wira driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle before veering into the opposite lane and colliding with the Honda City,” Supt Mohd Zaidi said yesterday.
He said the driver of the Honda City sustained minor injuries, while his 26-year-old wife, who is 22 weeks pregnant, is receiving treatment at Hospital Muadzam Shah.
“Insp Syah Lokman and Nurulfiza Ardiana’s four children, aged between 10 and 18, were also injured and are receiving treatment at the same hospital. One of them suffered from a fractured left leg.”
In a separate case, a 29-year-old man was killed and six others were seriously injured in an accident near Tasek Temoh in Tapah.
The incident involved a head-on collision between two vehicles.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department Operations Division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the deceased was pronounced dead on the spot by Health Ministry personnel at about 2.55am yesterday.
“The deceased was travelling with another 40-year-old male in a car.
“In the other multipurpose vehicle, the injured victims included five adults aged between 19 and 66,” Sabarodzi said.
