{
  "id": 13058882,
  "title": "Johor woman, 43, breaks down after her 3 children die in fatal collision after going to school that had closed due to haze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/johor-woman-43-breaks-down-after-her-3-children-die-in-fatal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T07:38:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/johor-mother-mourns-children-haze-accident/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 43-year-old woman from Johor, Malaysia, has been seen breaking down after losing her three children in a fatal accident that occurred on October 8. She had informed her three children that all schools in Johor were closed due to the haze, and they were not required to attend, according to Sin Chew Daily. Despite this, the children insisted on going to school.\n\nPrior to the collision around 7am, the mother spoke to her two younger siblings, aged 11 and eight, about the school closure. Their 18-year-old brother drove them to the school to verify its closure. Upon arriving at the school approximately 2km away from their home, the two younger siblings were told it was closed and returned home.\n\nThe accident occurred about 200m from their house. Her husband and another son arrived at the scene shortly after receiving a report from someone on their way to work. Upon reaching the scene, she was observed breaking down. She has six children in total, as reported by Sin Chew Daily. Photos courtesy of Sin Chew Daily.\n\nAccording to Sin Chew Daily, one of the children had washed soccer shoes and arranged them for the next day, while another child had been doing her homework the night before the accident and continued working on it in the morning. Before the accident, the woman had been involved in a car accident four months prior, after which her third child had helped bring her younger siblings to school.",
  "summary": "Her children were on the way home from the elementary school when the accident occurred.",
  "key_points": [
    "43-year-old woman from Johor loses three children in fatal collision.",
    "Children insisted on going to school despite closure due to haze.",
    "Accident occurred 200m from home, mother breaks down at scene."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}