Car plunges into ravine, three dead, two injured
KUANTAN: Three youths died while two more were injured after the car they were travelling in skidded into a 5m deep ravine at Jalan Semambu here yesterday.
Pahang Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department chief Supt Kamarulzaman Jusoh said in the incident at 6.30am yesterday, all the victims who died at the scene were sitting in the back seat of the Perodua Myvi.
They were Akira Alinnatasya Mohd Jaafar, 16, Nur Alya Ariana Azman, 16, and Mohd Rizal Zainuddin, 20, all from Kemaman, Terengganu.
“The accident is believed to have occurred when the driver lost control of the car which was travelling along the straight stretch of road in rainy weather.
“The accident caused the car, which is believed to be travelling from Kuantan to Kemaman, to be badly damaged,” he told reporters here yesterday.
Kamarulzaman said the driver, Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Noor, 22, who suffered injuries in his right hand and internal organs, is being treated in the Yellow Zone of the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital ( HTAA) here.
He said another man, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, is still in the Red Zone of the same hospital, but his identity has yet to be determined.
Kamarulzaman added the bodies were sent to the HTAA for post-mortem, before being handed over to their families for burial in Kemaman.
Investigations are being conducted under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. — Bernama