ONE of the 17 victims involved in the horrific road accident at the Shah Alam-bound USJ rest and recreation area along the Elite Expressway late last night was helping the driver of a stalled car before he was rammed into by a trailer, the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department said.

Witnesses said an individual had stopped to help the driver of a stalled Perodua Axia with the registration plate BMY 8313 before a trailer rammed into the rear of the car and crashed through another two cars.

“The impact from the crash killed 10 people instantly,” the spokesman said.

“The man who stopped to help, together with nine other family members in the car, died at the scene.”

The Perodua Axia driver – a 21-year-old man – is in critical condition.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis said seven others were injured in the crash.

The dead were a man and a woman, while the other eight victims were children, comprising five boys and three girls.

Norazam said those killed were Norul Naziah Buyong, 37, and her eight children, as well as a mechanic, identified as Mohamad Rahimibin Rolex, 27.

It is believed that Rahimibn was the individual who stopped to help.

The children were 10-month-old Muhammad Raid Fathi Abd Razak; Puteri Nur Ain Syalwana Abd Razak, three; Muhammad Hidayat Hakimie Abd Razak, seven; Muhamad Rolkaizat Rezky Abd Razak, nine; Muhamad Aizat Syazwan Abd Razak, 10; Puteri Hidayah Abd Razak, 12; Razatul Aliah Abd Razak, 16, and Muhamad Razarul Amin Abd Razak, 17.

All the bodies were sent to the Shah Alam Hospital.

Norazam added the injured were Norul Naziah’s husband, Abd Razak Majit, 50, and their cousins, Mimie Nafiesa Abdullah, 19; Ihyat Sufi Shokip and Ummi Nasuha Annuwar, both 20.

The 45-year-old trailer driver, identified as Mohd Khairol Kamal Abdullah, 45, and his two sons, Haiqal Haziq, 19, and Hafiey Hamziey, 14, who were travelling with him, escaped unscathed. – December 18, 2021.