A former Berita Harian reporter and three of her relatives were killed when their car collided head-on with a lorry at Km119 Jalan Kuantan-Segamat on Saturday night.Police believe the car skidded before colliding with the trailer which was travelling in the opposite direction.Read the full news by Simon Khoo from TheStar below.
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FOUR IN FAMILY KILLED IN CRASH
ROMPIN: A trip to an engagement ceremony of a relative in Marang, Terengganu, ended in tragedy for four family members.
They were killed when their car burst into flames after colliding with a coconut-laden trailer near Keratong here on Saturday night.
The four – driver Rosli Mat Isa, 28, his uncle Mohd Sharif Nani, 61, and his wife Marinah Kembas, 60, and Mohd Sharif’s sister-in-law Patimah Ramli – died at the scene of the accident at KM119 of the Kuantan-Segamat road.
Rosli and Mohd Sharif were burnt beyond recognition while Marinah and Patimah, a former reporter with Berita Harian, suffered burns on their bodies.
Rompin police chief Deputy Supt Johari Jahaya said the accident occurred on a downhill bend during a downpour.
Police believe the car skidded before colliding with the trailer which was travelling in the opposite direction.
DSP Johari said initial investigations showed that Rosli was trying to overtake another vehicle when he lost control of the car.
“Due to the slippery road, the car skidded and swerved into the opposite lane and rammed into the trailer. The car was dragged for about 40m downhill before exploding into flames.
“The stretch is a double line and the driver should not have tried to overtake,” he said, adding that firemen had to be called to extricate the bodies.
Lorry driver Rozlan Rosli, 18, and his father Rosli Che Hassan, 50, escaped in the nick of time before the fire engulfed their trailer. They suffered minor injuries and received outpatient treatment at the Muadzam Shah Hospital.
The victims from Air Keroh, Malacca, were in a convoy of four cars but somehow the car driven by Rosli was delayed while the rest had already reached Segamat.
The remains of the four were buried in their hometown.
Rosli Che Hassan said he and his son were on their way to Rantau Panjang in Kelantan from Batu Pahat when the incident happened.
“After the collision there was a very loud explosion. My son grabbed my hand and we escaped into some bushes by the side of the road. We could not help the victims because the car was already engulfed in flames,” he said when met at the hospital.
salam takziah dan al fatihah buat keluarga dan mangsa….bukan niat menyalahkan sesiapa cuma kebelakangan ni terlalu banyak eksiden kenderaan terbakar ……….dan ini menimbulkan keraguan tahap keselamatan kereta itu sendiri atau penggunaan petrol yg ada di pasaran skang……….kerana di mana2 saja org ramai sering memperkatakan persoalan tersebut………..just for info…
sbnrnye dah ajal..
dah ajal nak sampai, tak kira double line atau tak double line..
akan jadi la apa2 nak bagi dia mati..
tak dia makan org, org makan dia.
apa pun, kita yg masih hidup ni, berhati2 la di jalan raya dan jgn bawak ikut kepala otak suka hati seniri.
FIkirkan org lain.
Ye..kalau dah ajal, dimana saja atau macam mana cara pun tetap xkan terlepas..takziah..Al-fatihah buat mereka..
laluan ni boleh dikatakan lurus dan kurang bengkang bengkok dan jln lebar
time kenderaan x byk, mmg ramai yg suka memecut,
time alhir 90an dulu pun aku suka test nsr aku kat sini, sampai simpang menghala ke muazam- leban condong byk binatang liar
ada bapak babi hutan tergolek kena langgar
itu dululah laluan x sesibuk sekarang..
al-fatihah..
berita cenggini mmg bnyk..tapi tak juga menginsafkan ramai pemandu zaman skrg..
Pengguna kena bersuara supaya ada satu penyelidikan di buat untuk jenis Petrol yang selamat. Pengeluar kereta perlu memastikan tiada kebakaran jika berlaku kemalangan (System / Installation Upgrade)
tepat2 langar dkt lori …
seram2
is it one or 2 car collide. Because if im not mistaken, i’ve seen persona beside and another car infront of the trailer.
dan bab kebakaran. sometimes this thing can happend in any ways. Sometimes the crash is not so bad but some stupid people try to start the engine back. I dont know why..
second maybe the battery broke, or shorting and others..
and if you dont want your car bust went it crash, dont buy a car. Because why, we cant control the situation.
so the solution is, drive carefully..
takziah pada kelauarga mangsa…memang dah ajal, x dpt elak…yg mushkil kenapa kebanyakan kereta skg asal eksiden je kebanyakan mesti terbakar…dahulu pun bnyk eksiden tapi kebanyakan tidak terbakar…mungkin dahulu guna ron97….sekarang ron95…renung-renungkan lah…
saya rasa bende nh x dapat kite kawal. kadangkala kemalangan kecil je tapi boleh terbakar dan kadangkala kemalangan tu teruk gak tapi x d pun kebakaran. Sebab kemalangan nh satu bende yg x dapat dikawal. Walaupun cara kemalangan tu lebih kurang sama tapi akibat die mungkin berbeza.
Sebagai contoh orang naik motor tetibe jatuh. Ada org jatuh luka sikit je., dan ada yg jatuh sampai cedera parah.. mcm tu la lebih kurang
benda yg x dapat dikawal.
hati2 pemandu sume.. drive elok2.. jgn ikut perasaan..
alfatihah utk keluarga mangsa,lokasi kejadian buat aku tringat pada arwah member aku………….pd pihak yg berkenaan kaji semula keadaan struktur jalanraya di situ..terlalu byk kenderaan berat