Two injured in six-vehicle accident on North-South Expressway

New Straits Times

4 days ago

NIBONG TEBAL: A woman and a child sustained minor injuries in an accident involving six vehicles at Km 160 of the North-South Expressway (NSE) heading north towards Tambun here this afternoon.
State Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director John Sagun Francis said a total of nine individuals were involved in the incident, with seven escaping unhurt.
He said they received an emergency call at 12.38pm and a team from the Nibong Tebal fire and rescue station was dispatched to the scene.
"When the team arrived at the scene at 12.51pm, it was found that the accident involved six cars, though three of them had already left the scene," he said in a statement today.
John said the three vehicles still at the scene were a Perodua Axia, a Mazda 3, and a Honda City.
"The Perodua Axia carried three victims – a man and a woman in their 30s and a five-year-old girl.
"The woman and the child sustained minor injuries.
"Meanwhile, all three occupants of the Mazda 3 and the three in the Honda City were unharmed," he said.
John said no victims were trapped and those injured were taken to the hospital by paramedics.
The operations were completed at 1.12pm.