A MOTHER and a three-month-old baby died, while the husband was seriously injured, after their Perodua Myvi collided with an oncoming car on Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands near Ipoh this afternoon.

A Perak Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the woman was identified as Nor Syahira Mohd Fadhail, 23, with her address in Kedah, while her husband Amyroul Shah Huszaiery, 23, had an address in Putrajaya.

“We immediately deployed a team from the Simpang Pulai Fire and Rescue Station as soon as we received the call at 12.46pm,” he said today, adding that firefighters had to extricate Amyroul Shah from the driver’s seat using special equipment and the rescue op ended at 2.54pm.

According to the fire department, the man driving the other car, a Mercedes, suffered minor injuries and the two injured taken to hospital, while the victims were handed over to police for further action before being sent to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital for post-mortem. – Bernama, October 11, 2022.