Two killed, six hurt in Dungun MPV crash

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Two men died while six others were injured after the multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) they were travelling in skidded off the road at KM3 Jalan Paka-Bandar Al Mukhtafi Billah Shah near Dungun at 7.34am on Monday (Dec 29).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y8h4emcb  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Two men were killed and six others injured after the multipurpose vehicle they were travelling

00:05in skidded off the road at Kilometer 3, Jalan Pakabandar Al-Muktafi Bila Shah, near Dungun

00:11on Monday morning.

00:13Dungun OCPD Superintendent Maizura Abdul Qadir said the crash occurred at about 7.34am.

00:20The victims who died were identified as Muhammad Ashraf Muhammad Zahir, 21, and Pakistani National

00:27Siraj Noman, 27, both of whom suffered severe injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.

00:34The six injured victims, one local and five foreign nationals aged between 30 and 40, were

00:40taken to hospital Dungun for treatment.

00:43Superintendent Maizura said all eight men were en route from Kampung Nior to Santong in Paka

00:48for electrical wiring work when the MPV is believed to have lost control at a bend before skidding

00:54and crashing into a lamppost.

00:57Fire and rescue personnel took about 15 minutes to extricate the bodies of the two trapped victims

01:02before handing them over to police.

01:05The case is being investigated under section 41, subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act, 1987.

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