Pahang traffic police chief Kamarulzaman Jusoh said the dead were housewife Raihan Mohamad, 43, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, and her three children Ahda Dalili, 14, Ahmad Muaz, seven, and Ahda Imtinan, four.

Raihan’s husband, Mohd Nazri Hamid, 43, suffered injuries on his left hand.

“The family was believed to be on their way from their house in Gua Musang, Kelantan, to Kuala Lumpur. Their vehicle is believed to have turned right at the junction after the traffic light turned green.

“However, a Nissan Navara four-wheel drive which we believe ran the red light suddenly crashed head-on into the Vellfire, causing it to spin and hit the road divider,” he said in a statement here today.

Kamarulzaman said the impact of the accident caused the victims’ vehicle to be crushed in the front and left side, while the four-wheel drive was damaged in the front.

The 43-year-old Navara driver from Karak, Bentong, suffered injuries to his head and was sent to a hospital in Temerloh for treatment. An initial urine screening at the Bentong Hospital found him positive for drugs.