JOHOR BAHRU: Two women and a man were killed in a crash involving three cars at KM50.1 of the Senai-Desaru Expressway heading towards Bandar Penawar near Kota Tinggi, this afternoon.
Bandar Penawar Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Senior Fire Officer I Izwani Abd Hamid said the incident at 1.43 pm claimed the lives of three victims travelling in a Perodua Bezza.
“The three have been identified as Iqbal Faiz Mat Sah, 20; Nurul Afrahrina Sazli, 19; and Nurina Izzatie Kamarul Azman, 19.
“Another person riding in the same vehicle known as Izznur Harith, 19, was seriously injured,“ she said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Izwani said another man and three women, aged 11 to 51, who were riding in a Toyota Innova only suffered minor injuries while a 50-year-old man who was driving a Volkswagen car, escaped unhurt.
“A total of six personnel from Bandar Penawar and nine from BBP Pasir Gudang with two machines rushed to the scene of the incident to provide assistance,” she said, adding that the deceased and injured were taken to Kota Tinggi Hospital. – Bernama
