Tragic accident in Tumpat: Two 18-year-old students killed in three-vehicle accident

KOTA BHARU, Aug 16 – Two college students were killed in a three-vehicle collision in Jalan Pasir Pekan, Tumpat early today.

Tumpat District Police Chief AKP Mohd Khairi Shafie said the accident occurred at 1.20am and involved Pengkalan Chepa Vocational College students Mohammad Ameer Haziq Noor Ariff Irwantoo and Muhammad Aqil Zulaini, both 18.

He said the Traffic Investigation and Surveillance Department of the Tumpat District Police Headquarters received a report of the incident involving three vehicles. Investigations revealed that a Honda BR-V, driven by a local man in his 50s, was travelling from Kota Bharu to Pasir Pekan.

When we arrived at the scene of the accident, we found that two motorcycles, each driven by one of the victims, had turned around on the main road to return to Kota Bharu.

“The driver of the BR-V could not avoid the motorcycles and hit the two motorcyclists, causing both victims to fall and die at the scene of the accident,” he said in a statement today.

He added that an investigation file had been opened under section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 and anyone with information relating to the accident was asked to come forward and assist with the investigation.

Meanwhile, in JERANTUT, a factory worker and his nine-year-old stepson were killed when the motorbike they were riding collided with a car at KM6 Jalan Kampung Pulau Mansok-Jerantut, near Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Pulau Mansok.

Jerantut district police chief Supt. Zukri Muhammad said the accident occurred at 6.30am and resulted in the deaths of 39-year-old Mohammad Adam, a Bangladeshi national, and his nine-year-old stepson Muhamad Faiq Aqwa Abdullah.

He explained that Mohammad Adam was riding a Honda motorbike to drop off his stepson at SK Perian, while the driver of a Perodua Axia was heading towards Batu Embun.

“At the scene of the accident, the victim attempted to avoid a pothole on the left side of the road by swerving to the right and inadvertently entered the oncoming lane, resulting in a collision with the oncoming Axia,” he said in a statement today.

He added that the collision caused the car of a 41-year-old woman, who was travelling with her five-year-old son, to swerve to the right and fall into a ravine. Fortunately, both suffered only minor injuries.

Zukri said the remains of the deceased had been taken to the hospital for post-mortem and the case was being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. — Bernama