Timur Laut district police chief SAC Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said driver S Krisnna Kumar, 29, and passenger S Rajan, 22, died at the scene in the accident at 7.20am.

They were flung out of the Proton Iswara car they were travelling in, he said.

“Another passenger, aged 23, sustained serious injuries.

“The accident was believed to have occurred when they were travelling from Jalan Lembah Permai towards Jalan Gottlieb.

“The car lost control and skidded to the right side of the road and crashed into the Chinese cemetery there,” he said here today.

Mior Faridalatrash said the injured man was sent to the Penang Hospital for further treatment and was reported to be in critical condition.

He said police were looking for witnesses to assist in their investigations.