PETALING JAYA: At least eight Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel were killed in an accident involving a FRU truck and a lorry in Teluk Intan, Perak, this morning.
Perak fire and rescue department director Sayani Saidon told Sinar Harian the FRU truck had been carrying 15 passengers and a driver.
“So far, eight fatalities have been confirmed,” she said.
Rescue operations are underway at the scene on Jalan Chikus, Sungai Lampam.
It is understood that the FRU truck had been on its way back to Ipoh after an operation in Teluk Intan.
Sayani said the Teluk Intan fire and rescue station received an emergency call about the accident at 8.45am.
In a Bernama report, Hilir Perak police chief Bakri Zainal Abidin said the accident left three people critically injured and seven others with minor injuries.