Man Killed, Wife, Two Children Injured In Two-vehicle Collision On North-south Expressway
Assistant Director of the Fire and Rescue Operations Division of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in Penang, John Sagun Francis, said the department received an emergency call at 7.51 am before dispatching a team from the Kepala Batas Fire and Rescue Station to the scene.
'The accident involved a Proton Wira and a Proton Saga BLM. There were five victims, three adults and two children, who were rescued by members of the public before our team arrived,' he said in a statement.
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