THREE family members, including a two-year-old boy, were killed when the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident with two other vehicles at Km44.5 of Jalan Muar-Segamat, near Tangkak, yesterday afternoon.

Tangkak district police chief Mohd Fadhil Minhat said police received a distress call regarding an incident involving two Perodua Myvi cars and a Mazda car at 3.50pm.

He said Aarish Ammar Harunarashid died at Tangkak Hospital while his mother and grandmother – Nor Haliza Hamzah, 36, and Siti Fatimah Ladri, 71 – were pronounced dead at the scene.

The boy’s father, Harunarashid Ghazali, 34, was slightly injured and taken to Tangkak Hospital for treatment, he said.

The driver and passenger of the other Myvi and the driver of the Mazda car were reported to be unhurt, he said.

The case is investigated under section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, said Fadhil. – Bernama, September 11, 2022.