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Monday December 6, 2010
Five in family die in tragic collision with army truck
By SARBAN SINGH
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PORT DICKSON: Five members of a family on holiday here died in a tragic accident when an out-of-control army truck ploughed into their Proton Wira at KM19.5 Jalan Pantai near Pasir Panjang here. Mohd Said Lakan, 58, his wife Rosnani Buyong, 50, their daughter Nordiana, 30, son-in-law Saipol Naaim Mat Dan, 36 and three-year-old grandson Muhammad Harith Firdaus died on the spot in the 11.15am tragedy. It is learnt that the family from Hulu Langat in Kajang, Selangor, was travelling towards Malacca from here while the truck, from the Terendak Camp in Malacca, was heading in the opposite direction.
Wrecked Wira: Firemen working on the mangled Proton Wira after an out-of-control army truck ploughed into it at Km19.6 on Jalan Pantai near Pasir Panjang in Port Dickson Sunday.
The Proton Wira driven by Saipol Naaim was reduced to a mangled wreck as the army truck dragged it into a ditch. One of the victims was also decapitated. Preliminary investigations revealed that either the driver of another car, a Proton Waja, or the army truck had entered into the lane of the other vehicle seconds before the accident.
Both vehicles then grazed into one another, resulting in the driver of the truck losing control. It then ploughed into the Wira, which was travelling behind the Waja. The impact of the accident caused the truck to flip on its side. Four of the five victims were trapped in the Wira while Muhammad Harith Firdaus was flung out.
The Waja then collided into a MyVi and a Kia Spectra which were travelling behind the truck. The driver and four army personnel in the truck suffered minor injuries and received outpatient treatment at the district hospital here. The male driver of the Waja, his wife and two young children were also rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Firemen from the Port Dickson and Teluk Kemang stations took 30 minutes to extricate the remains of the dead. The bodies were later sent to the district hospital here for post-mortem and were later claimed by relatives. Port Dickson police chief Supt Baljeet Singh said police hoped to interview the survivors soon to establish the cause of the crash.
