{
  "id": 7267544,
  "title": "Couple killed in Kota Tinggi crash insisted family ride separately, say relatives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/couple-killed-in-kota-tinggi-crash-insisted-family-ride-separately",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T07:05:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1532607/couple-killed-kota-tinggi-crash-insisted-family-ride-separately-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KOTA TINGGI: A distraught family grieves the loss of Mohd Herwan Alias and his wife, Nur Ezazaya Mohd Ali, who perished in a tragic accident yesterday. The couple had insisted on traveling separately from their family, a decision their relatives now view as a final act of protection. Initially, Herwan and Nur Ezazaya planned to accompany their relatives on a journey to Kampung Tanjung Buai after a picnic in Gunung Belumut. However, they opted to stop in Kota Tinggi instead. Herwan's sister, Nur Ellysya, 29, recounted how the normally quiet sister-in-law was unusually cheerful and talkative during the outing. When they were about to leave, she said the couple insisted that her mother and child did not ride with them, despite normally traveling together. The family later learned of the crash through a cousin who saw a Facebook post and attempted to contact them, but received no response. Both Herwan and Nur Ezazaya were among three people killed when their Perodua Axia crashed with a Honda BR-V on the Kota Tinggi-Kluang road at Km31.2. The BR-V passenger, Mohd Noor Selamat, 58, also lost his life. The couple, married for two years without children, were to be buried together in a single grave at the Kampung Tanjung Buai Muslim cemetery. Nur Ezazaya's father, Mohd Ali Bakri, 70, accepted the loss and remembered his daughter-in-law as someone who regularly helped him, especially after he underwent surgery following a decline in his vision. She and Herwan had been visiting him weekly since their marriage, and yesterday, they were on their way to visit him when the accident occurred.",
  "summary": "KOTA TINGGI: A couple killed in a fatal crash here yesterday had insisted that their family members travel separately, a decision their relatives now regard as a final act of protection.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "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."
}