Last night, a car carrying five passengers was involved in an collision with two trailers at Km246 on the North-South Expressway northbound near Kuala Kangsar. The crash proved fatal for all five of them.
A spokesman for the Perak Fire and Rescue Department reported that they received a distress call shortly after 12.50 a.m.
The Kuala Kangsar fire and rescue station dispatched personnel to the area instantly. Teams from the Meru Raya, Kamunting, and Ipoh stations aided them.
In a Honda City, the bunch was traveling home from a holiday in Ipoh. The car came to a halt behind a trailer loaded with mosaic tiles.
Unfortunately, a second 20-tonne trailer carrying iron rods failed to stop in time, crashing into the automobile and dragging it until it collided with the first trailer, causing the car to burst into…