POLICE have identified the six people who were killed in a head-on collision yesterday in Jalan Jerangau-Jabor in Cheneh, near Cukai.

Kemaman police chief Hanyan Ramlan said the four passengers in one car who died were Nor Nadia Natasha Abu Bakar, 23, Nur Syafinaz Naura Saiful Azwan, 2, Tuan Yah Dollah, 61, and Rosliza Mat Hussin, 38. The driver, Shah Rezzal Zanzalani, 27, and three other passengers Wan Muhamad Adam Wan Muhamad Khalil, 11, Wan Alya Farhana Wan Muhamad Khalil, 15, and Nur Syafana Nasha Saiful Azwan, 2, were injured.

“The passengers of the second Proton Persona car who died were Abd Halim Ismail, 71, and Alisha Mardhiah Muhammad Ubaidillah Zikri, 2. The car driver, Muhammad Ubaidillah Zikri Adnan, 26 and two other passengers Nurul Fatihah Azman, 28, and Zaiton Mohamad, 57, sustained injuries,” he said in a statement last midnight.

Hanyan said in the 5pm incident, Shah Rezzal, who was driving from Bukit Besi, Dungun to Cheneh, lost control of the car and veered onto the opposite lane. 

The car slammed into the second Proton Persona car, which was headed from Perasing to Batu Rakit, Kuala Nerus.

“Four died at the scene while Alisha Mardhiah and Rosliza died at the Kemaman Hospital,” he said 

The bodies of all the deceased were sent to the Kemaman Hospital Forensic Unit while the injured victims were taken to the same hospital for treatment. – Bernama, April 25, 2023.