Three friends killed after car collides with fuel tanker

TELUK INTAN – Three people were killed while two others seriously injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a fuel tanker at KM7 Jalan Maharajalela here, last night.

Hilir Perak district police chief Ahmad Adnan Basri said the Volkswagen Passat car carrying the five friends was heading towards Teluk Intan from Hutan Melintang before it collided with the tanker, which was coming from the opposite direction, at 9.40pm last night.

“The 26-year-old car driver and another 19-year-old passenger of the vehicle sustained serious injuries while the tanker driver escaped unhurt,” he said in a statement today.

Adnan said the bodies of the three victims, aged between 19 and 26, were sent to Teluk Intan Hospital for post-mortems. – Bernama, June 13, 2022