MUAR: Four people, including two elderly women, a baby and a five-year-old girl, were killed in an accident involving three vehicles at KM107 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) (southbound) near Pagoh yesterday.
Pagoh Fire and Rescue Station operations commander, Senior Fire Officer I Mohd Hafiz Mohd Shahid, said seven personnel and a Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) were dispatched to the scene after receiving an emergency call at 5.19 pm.
He said upon arrival, the team found three vehicles involved in the accident, a Ford Ranger four-wheel drive, a Toyota Vios and a Scania trailer.
“In the accident, the Ford Ranger crashed into the rear of a lorry parked by the roadside before being hit by the Toyota Vios. Two elderly women, a five-year-old girl and a nine-month-old baby in the Ford Ranger were pronounced dead at the scene.
“A man in his 40s and another victim sustained injuries. The occupants of the Toyota Vios, comprising a man in his 70s and a 35-year-old woman, were also injured, while another man believed to be the trailer driver escaped unhurt,” he said in a statement.
Mohd Hafiz said the operations team provided initial treatment to the injured victims before they were taken to hospital, while the bodies of the deceased were handed over to the police for further action.
The operation ended at 6.11 pm.