Family of 3 killed in Immigration lorry crash laid to rest in Kampar
KAMPAR: The remains of a father and his two daughters, who were killed after being struck by an Immigration Department lorry in Kuala Lumpur early today, were laid to rest here tonight.
Kampar witnesses the funeral of a family of three who lost their lives in a tragic accident involving an Immigration Department lorry in Kuala Lumpur. The victims, Shaik Mohd Firdaus Shaikh Yahya, 53, and his two daughters, Siti Nor Sazlin, 25, and Siti Darwisyah Auni, 12, were buried together at the Kampung Air Hitam Labu Muslim Cemetery after their remains arrived there at 10.30pm.
A total of 300 relatives, friends, and villagers attended the burial, led by prayers and speeches from Kampung Air Hitam Labu Mosque imam Yusaini Ariffin. The family's bodies were claimed at 5.45pm at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, where they underwent post-mortems before being shrouded and given funeral prayers at Masjid Jamiul Ehsan in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.
The incident occurred at 1am when the lorry struck four members of the same family, including Firdaus and his daughters, at the Maju Junction traffic-light intersection on Jalan Sultan Ismail. The lorry reportedly lost control and collided with the family and an Inokom Matrix vehicle stopped at the intersection. Police investigations revealed that the lorry was driven by a 43-year-old man en route from the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Office to Chow Kit to collect detainees following an operation against undocumented migrants. The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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