GERIK: An accident at 3.55pm incident involving a multi-purpose vehicle Perodua Alza has seven individuals including two children and Proton Persona is guided by a man.
The dead were two passengers in the middle of MPV, while the worst were two children, MPV drivers and car drivers and two others survived.
Gerik police chief Superintendent Ismail Che Isa, said initial investigations at the scene found an accident when Perodua Alza from Jeli, Kelantan to Penang was believed to be outrun and entered the opposite lane.
"The situation caused the MPV to violate Persona's front that headed towards Jeli.
"As a result of this incident, Sabariah Yusoff, 59, and Wan Asmah Wan Ismail, 58, both of whom were from Machang, Kelantan, died at the scene," he said when contacted here today.
According to him, the accident also resulted in four others injured, namely MPV driver Yudi Haryono, 39, Indonesian, who is also son-in-law of Sabariah and his two children Muhammad Hazriq Wiranata, 11, and Muhammad Harith Muzaffar, 10, as well as Abdul Majid Mausin, driver of 27 .
"Yudi has a stomach ache and will be referred to the Taiping Hospital, while his son Muhammad Hazriq Wiranata broke his leg and Muhammad Harith Muzaffar broke his hand and his driver broke his legs.
"The dead man was sent to Gerik Hospital for a post-mortem and the case is being investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987," he said.
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