NINE people were injured – three critically – after a car skidded and crashed into a nasi lemak stall beside Jalan Hospital in Taman Suria near Jitra this morning. 

Kubang Pasu police chief Rodzi Abu Hassan said in the 8.25am incident, a Proton Satria driven by a 20-year-old man also hit two other vehicles and six motorcycles parked near the stall.

“Initial investigations found the Proton Satria knocked the cars parked by the roadside before mowing down the people lining up in front of the nasi lemak stall.

“As a result, nine of them were hurt – three of them critically – including the couple selling nasi lemak. The injured were sent to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement in Alor Star today. 

Rodzi said police are still probing into the crash and have taken statements from several witnesses at the scene.

“The driver did not have a driving licence, and his vehicle road tax had also expired,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kedah Fire and Rescue Department public relations officer Abdul Rahim Che Omar in a statement said his department received an emergency call on the incident at 8.56am.

“The operations centre ordered one fire engine and an emergency medical rescue service van from the Jitra fire and rescue station to the scene,” he said. – Bernama, May 19, 2023.