Two die, three badly injured in Jeli road accident

KOTA BARU – Two people were killed and three others badly injured in a collision between a car and an MPV at KM108 of the East-West Highway near Jeli last night.

Kelantan Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Shuhaimi Jusoh said the victims were the drivers of a Perodua Alza and a Proton Wira identified as Mohd Hazlan Ibrahim @ Saleh, 33, and Muhamad Baijuri Mohd Shariff, 26, respectively.

The severely injured victims were the passengers of the MPV, namely a 31-year-old woman and two girls aged eight and six while a 1-year-old boy escaped unhurt.

“The accident happened at about 11pm when the car skidded and entered the opposite lane before colliding with the MPV,” Shuhaimi said when contacted today.

The bodies were sent to the Jeli Hospital, where the injured were also given treatment. – Bernama, April 30, 2022