2 die in fiery car crash in Butterworth

The identities of the victims have yet to be determined.

Firemen extricated the bodies from the car, which burst into flames in the crash. (JBPM pic)

BUTTERWORTH:

 Two people were killed after their car crashed and burst into flames along Jalan Permatang Baru in Sungai Lokan here early today.

Penang fire and rescue department director Shoki Hamzah said firemen found two charred bodies at the scene, but their identities have yet to be determined.

He said the department received a call at 7.09am and deployed seven firefighters along with a fire engine from the Butterworth fire and rescue station to the scene.

“The car was 80% destroyed,” he said.

The bodies were taken to Kepala Batas Hospital for a post-mortem. - FMT