IPOH: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today presented RM2,000 in initial assistance to the family of three sisters involved in a road accident on Jalan Perpaduan, Tambun, here, which claimed the lives of two and left another seriously injured.
The contribution was handed over by Tambun parliamentary community service centre officer Muhammad Izzudin Hariz Bohari on behalf of Anwar, who is also the Tambun MP.
Meanwhile, Tambun parliamentary community service centre officer Ashraf Kahasani said Anwar had instructed the centre to deliver the initial assistance to the family.
"The Prime Minister also conveyed his condolences to the victims' family and asked us to provide the assistance directly to the next of kin to help ease their burden.
"If further assistance is needed for the other victim who was injured and is currently being treated in hospital, we will look into how we can help," he said when met by reporters after the contribution was presented at the victim's family home in Taman Bagus, Tambun, here on Friday (Oct 2) night.
The accident at about 7.20am on Friday (Oct 2) claimed the lives of a 19-year-old girl who was riding a motorcyle and her nine-year-old sister.
Another 12-year-old victim, who was also riding pillion, sustained serious injuries and is currently receiving treatment at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here.
The victims' eldest sister, Nurul Aeina Ibrahim, 28, said she learnt about the accident involving her three siblings from their school teacher at about 8am.
She said, however, that she was only informed of the accident and was not told that her sisters had died.
"It was only when I reached the scene that I was told they were gone," she said.
Nurul Aeina said Norhayati Qaliesha, who survived the incident, had yet to be told about her two sisters' deaths as she remained in critical condition.
The two victims killed in the crash, Elyana Nasuha and her younger sister Suhaila, were buried in a common grave at the Tambun Muslim Cemetery here at about 6.30pm. – Bernama
