3 in family die in DUKE highway crash, toddler survives

 

Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said the motorcycle carrying the family is believed to have lost control after overtaking another vehicle, before crashing into the back of a lorry. (PDRM pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: 

A baby boy survived while his parents and sister died in a crash at Km2 of the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE) 2 headed towards the Segambut toll plaza this morning.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said the victims pronounced dead at the scene were a 37-year-old man, his 27-year-old wife and their four-year-old daughter.

“A one-year-old baby boy survived and has been taken to Selayang Hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement.

In the 7.20am incident, the motorcycle carrying the family is believed to have lost control after overtaking another vehicle, before crashing into the back of a lorry that was unloading goods from another lorry that had broken down.

“The lorry owner and workers had placed safety cones, and two workers were directing traffic,” he said.

The remains of the victims were buried at the Ukay Perdana Muslim cemetery nearby. - FMT