TWO members of a family were killed while another was seriously injured when the Perodua Myvi car they were travelling in skidded and hit a tree on Jalan Lendu while on their way to the Ramadan bazaar in Pekan Masjid Tanah, Alor Gajah at midnight last night.

Alor Gajah district police chief Arshad Abu said the victims were identified as driver Muhammad Hasraf Amin Hasrin, 23, and front-seat passenger Mohd Firdaus Yusof, 37, who is Hasraf’s uncle.

He said another uncle, Azizul Hamis @ Jainy, 37, who was sitting in a rear passenger seat, suffered serious head injuries.

“Preliminary investigations found that before the incident, Hasraf was travelling from Taman Dimensi in Lendu heading towards Masjid Tanah and when passing through Jalan Lendu, the victim lost control of his vehicle before skidding and hitting a tree on the left shoulder of the road.

“The driver and front-seat passenger, believed to have suffered internal injuries, died at the scene,” he said in a statement here today.

He added that the injured victim was taken to Alor Gajah Hospital and the remains of the deceased were also taken to the same hospital for post-mortem.

The case was being investigated under section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, he said. – Bernama, April 14, 2023.