LPT1 crash leaves three siblings orphaned

KUANTAN – Three siblings were orphaned when their parents and youngest brother were killed in an accident at KM200 of the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 east-bound, near Kg Paya Bungor here today.

Kuantan police chief Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said in the 4pm incident, contractor Mohamad Shafiq Zailani, 33, and his wife, Faeiznoor Mansor, 32, died at the scene while their 10-month-old son Daryan Marwa was pronounced dead at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here.

The couple’s three other children – Mohamad Danish Uqasha, 9, Dhia Medina, 5, and Damiaa Melissa, 2 – sustained minor injuries.

“The accident is believed to have occurred when the four-wheel drive driven by Shafiq from Bandar Jengka in Maran to Kuantan skidded before hitting a tree at the road shoulder,” Wan Mohd Zahari said in a statement today.

He said all the bodies of the victims were sent to HTAA for post-mortem and the case was being investigated under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. – Bernama, November 19, 2022