Car crashes under lorry in Melaka, kills two

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A Bangladeshi man and a Vietnamese woman were killed early Friday (May 23) morning when their car collided with a truck making a U-turn on the Alor Gajah–Melaka Tengah–Jasin (AMJ) near Serkam, Melaka.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two foreign nationals were killed early Friday morning when the car they were in collided with

00:07a truck making a U-turn on the Alor Gaja Malacca Tengajasin AMJ highway at Tiangdua near Serkum.

00:16The incident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. The victims, 47-year-old Abdullah Syed,

00:22a Bangladeshi man driving a Toyota, and his passenger Nguyen Thanh Lohan,

00:27aged 46, a Vietnamese woman, were pronounced dead at the scene due to severe injuries.

00:34Malacca Tengah OCPD Assistant Commissioner Christopher Petit said preliminary investigations

00:40indicate that the truck, driven by a 48-year-old man from Jacin, was making a U-turn to enter a

00:46factory when it was struck by the victim's car coming from the direction of Malacca,

00:51which was unable to avoid the collision. The impact caused both victims to be trapped in the car

00:57and suffer serious injuries to the face, body, and legs before being confirmed dead at the scene.

01:04The truck driver was unharmed. ACP Christopher said skid marks measuring 45 meters were found at the

01:11scene. The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act 1987

01:19for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving. A urine test returned negative for drugs and a blood

01:27sample was taken for alcohol testing. ACP Christopher added that CCTV footage from the nearby factory will

01:35be obtained to assist in the ongoing investigation, and the vehicles involved have been seized for

01:40inspection by the Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre .

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