Kelantan Fire and Rescue Department director Nazili Mahmood said the van skidded into a ditch before crashing into a house.
“All the male victims are from Pusat Tahfiz Al-Hashimi Kampung Tualang here. We are currently in the process of identifying the victims,” he said when contacted.
Nazili said they received a distress call about the accident at 9.45am and dispatched two engines with 12 firefighters to the scene.
“Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters found five victims trapped in the van while nine others were already taken out by members of the public,” he said.
He said the injured were rushed to the Kuala Krai Hospital for treatment, and the bodies to the same hospital for post-mortems.