Loose lorry tyre triggers Melaka pile-up, claiming seven lives

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Seven people, including five family members, were killed when their multipurpose vehicle (MPV) was involved in a collision with five vehicles, including a trailer and a tour bus, at Kilometer 204.0 of the northbound PLUS Highway in Alor Gajah, Melaka on Monday (Dec 23).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4yxw9k3r  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:007 people, including 5 family members, were killed when their multipurpose vehicle, MPV,

00:08was involved in a collision with 5 vehicles, including a trailer and a tour bus, at kilometre

00:14204.0 of the northbound Plus Highway on Monday.

00:19The victims included 32-year-old MPV driver Khairul Iswan Mazupi, his wife Fadzlena Ramli,

00:26also 32, their youngest son, 2-year-old Mohamed Omar Khairul Ikhwan, Fadzlena's father, 66-year-old

00:34Ramli Abdul Wahab, the tour bus driver, 56-year-old Nourisnien Khamid.

00:41Al-Orgaja OCPD Superintendent Ashari Abu Sama said the identity of the other two fatalities,

00:48a passenger in the MPV and a bus passenger, has yet to be ascertained.

00:53She explained that a lorry travelling southbound by a 31-year-old man lost its right front

00:58tyre, which ended up in the middle lane.

01:01The tour bus, carrying 27 passengers, hit the tyre, lost control and veered into the

01:07northbound lane, colliding with a trailer driven by a 27-year-old man, who was accompanied

01:13by a 16-year-old passenger.

01:15The collision caused the trailer to veer into the left lane, hitting the road barrier before

01:20colliding with the sedan and the MPV.

01:23The MPV's five occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.

01:27Two other children of the couple, 7-year-old Mohamed Uwais Al-Qarni Khairul Ikhwan and

01:324-year-old Nour Sofea Humaira Khairul Ikhwan, were critically injured and are receiving

01:37treatment at Hospital Malacca.

01:40The injured victims from the other vehicles were rushed to hospitals in Malacca and Al-Orgaja

01:46for treatment.

01:47The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act

01:531987.

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