Three devotees died after a car ploughed into a group of people who were walking to Batu Caves to celebrate Thaipusam

Three devotees dead after car ploughs into Thaipusam procession

BY JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZIthE STAR

Rescue personnel preparing to bring the body of a devotee to the hospital

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Three devotees died after a car ploughed into a group of people who were walking to Batu Caves to celebrate Thaipusam on Saturday.

The group of devotees, who were clad in yellow, had walked from Senawang, Negri Sembilan, when the accident occurred at about 8.30am near Seri Petaling here.

Several others in the group who were injured are being treated at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital.