Tragic end: Fire and Rescue Department officials checking the wrecked Toyota SUV near the Perasing rest area.
KEMAMAN: Six people including a family of four were killed after their car crashed into a parked trailer near the Perasing rest area, here.
The incident which occurred about 12.15pm at Km258 of the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur 2, (LPT 2) near the Jabor Toll Plaza, saw all six killed on the spot due to massive head and body injuries.
Kemaman OCPD Supt Mohamad Said Ibrahim said the dead were the driver Azaman Ramli, 49, his wife Noor Akmal Mohd Zain, 48, Noor Amira Syahirah Alias, 22, Aliff Hateem Azaman, 16, Aliff Hakim Azaman, 12 and Aqeel Muslim Abdullah, three.
He said the victims were travelling from Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan before their car skidded and crashed into the lorry laden with rice.
“Initial investigations showed the road condition was slippery due to rain and the driver lost control of the vehicle after hitting a puddle of water. The vehicle spun several times before skidding and crashing into the parked trailer in the emergency lane,” he told reporters
It is understood that when the incident occurred, the 35-year-old trailer driver from Kelantan was asleep in the vehicle and was not even aware of the accident until notified by other road users.
Supt Mohd Said said 25 firemen from the Cheneh and Gebeng fire stations took about 30 minutes to extricate the bodies out of the wreckage.
The bodies were sent to the Kemaman Hospital for post-mortem.
Supt Mohd Said said the driver of the trailer had been detained to assist investigation, adding that the emergency lane at highways was not a rest place.
