THREE people were killed and eight others were injured in a collision involving three vehicles at Km65 of Jalan Kuantan-Segamat in Pekan today.

The dead are Ayub Zakaria, 66, who was the driver of a Toyota Vios and passenger Podziah Daharun, 65, both from Segamat, Johor, as well as a passenger in a Perodua Myvi, Muhammad Azrin Ahmad Nazri, 19, from Sungai Lembing, Kuantan.

Pekan police chief Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said the collision, which is believed to have occurred at 11.20am, also involved a Perodua Alza with three men in it.

“The crash is believed to have happened when a Perodua Alza, which was on its way from Segamat to Kuantan, went out of control and skidded into the path of the Myvi. It also collided with the Vios, which was coming from Segamat to Kuantan,” he said in a statement today.

Zaidi said the injured victims comprised two passengers of the Alza, the driver and three passengers of the Myvi and two passengers of the Vios, aged between 20 and 72. They were treated at Pekan Hospital.

The driver of the Alza was unhurt.

Zaidi said the dead were also brought to Pekan Hospital for post-mortems. – Bernama, July 24, 2023.