Retired cop and wife killed as car collides with motorcycles
A car merging into traffic from the emergency lane collided with two motorcycles, throwing the couple into the right lane.
A retired police officer and his wife were killed in a collision on the North-South highway near Sungai Petani today. According to Kuala Muda police chief Hanyan Ramlan, the couple, Suhaimi Saidin, 64, and Normah Hashim, 60, were riding a motorcycle when a Perodua Bezza car merged into their lane. The impact threw the Yamaha motorcycle into the right lane, resulting in both Suhaimi and Normah being pronounced dead at the scene.
Two youths, aged 18 and 15, on another motorcycle were also seriously injured in the accident. Meanwhile, a 36-year-old driver and his 41-year-old passenger in the Perodua Bezza were reported to be unharmed. Earlier, a 43-year-old technician named Mohamad Saifudin Saad lost his life when his motorcycle collided with the rear of a broken-down lorry parked on the emergency lane.
The lorry driver, a 34-year-old man, sustained only minor injuries and was also pronounced dead at the scene.
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