Five individuals, including two girls, believed to be all from the same family, were killed in an accident involving a trailer and two cars at Jalan Segamat-Kuantan, near Taman Yayasan, Segamat, yesterday.
Bandar Baru Segamat Fire and Rescue Station chief Mazuki Ismail said two fire engines and an emergency medical rescue services vehicle with 15 personnel were deployed to the scene after they received a distress call at 6.33pm.
The five killed were in a Perodua Alza, a man, 46, two women, and two girls aged 10 and 13, believed to be the parents and their children, he said, adding that two more victims, both boys aged five and 15, in the vehicle were injured.
“The trailer driver was also injured, while the three women in a Perodua Bezza were unhurt,” he said in a statement last night.
The bodies of the victims and those injured were sent to the Segamat Hospital, and the rescue operation ended at 9.34pm, he added.
- Bernama
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