DUNGUN: A 25-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed while four other family members suffered injuries in an accident on Jalan Kilang Kelapa Sawit, near Gugusan Rasau, Kerteh, yesterday evening.
Dungun police chief Maizura Abdul Kadir said Nur Suhailla Azman died at the scene while her daughter, Nur Aira Humaira Sharool, died on the way to the Ketengah Jaya health clinic here.
Maizura said the woman’s husband, Sharool Nizam Hamzah, 32, and their three-year-old daughter, Nur Aisya Humaira, suffered minor injuries.
“Two more victims, Sharool’s mother. Timah Mohamad, 73, and another family member, Ruzaimi Abd Rashid, 48, suffered serious injuries.
“It is believed that they were on their way home from Dungun to Felda Kerteh 4 when the accident occurred,” Maizura said .
The injured were taken to Dungun Hospital, while the two bodies were taken to the hospital’s forensic unit.