Two men died and two others were injured in separate early morning road accidents in Perak, with both incidents occurring around 5 am
IPOH: Two men were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Perak early this morning.
The first incident occurred on the road linking Ayer Tawar town to Bota. The Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) received an emergency call at 5.05 am involving a Perodua Myvi that had skidded and overturned.
A fire engine arrived about five minutes later and found one man trapped in the driver’s seat. Another man had been thrown from the vehicle.
The trapped driver, a local man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim, also a local man in his 40s, sustained injuries and was taken to hospital.
The second crash occurred near Padang Grus in Lenggong and involved a Nissan Navara and a Toyota Unser. Firefighters from the Lenggong station found two occupants of the Toyota Unser trapped and unconscious upon arrival.
The driver of the Nissan Navara was not at the scene. The Toyota Unser driver, a 40-year-old local man, suffered a fractured shoulder.
His passenger, a 23-year-old Indonesian man, died at the scene.
