IPOH: Three senior citizens were killed and three others injured in a collision involving two vehicles at KM328.9 of the southbound PLUS Highway near the Tapah–Bidor stretch today.
Perak fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Sabarozi Nor Ahmad said the department received a distress call at 11.19am and deployed seven personnel to the scene.
The deceased were identified as Chong Ong, 77; Teh Kim Kai, 76; and Tan Ah Tak, 70.
“The crash involved a Toyota Vios and a Proton X50. One man in the Vios was injured, while of the five men in the X50, two were injured and three died at the scene,” Sabarozi said in a statement.
Tapah police chief Johari Yahya said the victims were taken to Tapah Hospital, and that further details would be shared soon.