Four family members riding on motorcycle killed in crash

JOHOR BAHRU - A couple and their two children were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a trailer at Jalan Kampung Semanggar Dalam, near Kota Tinggi, today.

Kota Tinggi district police chief Supt Hussin Zamora said the four who died in the 1.20 pm incident were a 39-year-old man, his 27-year-old wife, their five-year-old son, and nine-month-old daughter.

"The man lost control of his Yamaha LC 135 motorcycle at a bend and crashed into the lorry on the opposite lane.

"The motorcyclist and all the pillion riders suffered serious head injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene,” he said in a statement.

He said the 31-year-old lorry driver escaped unhurt.

In Kota Tinggi, the woman victim's mother, Rosni Sintingan, said she rushed to the scene on being informed of the accident.

Rosni, 53, identified the victims as her eldest daughter Siti Jamaliah Mohd Yatim, son-in-law Mohamad Suti Yahaya, and grandchildren Nur Firman Hadi Abdul Rahman and Nurfatihah Jannah.

"When I reached the scene, only the bodies of my son-in-law and grandson were still sprawled on the ground," she told Bernama when contacted tonight.

She said police had removed the bodies of Siti Jamaliah and Nurfatihah Jannah before she arrived.

Rosni said Siti Jamaliah leaves behind her eldest daughter Nur Suzila, eight, who has been staying with Rosni since she was four months old. - BERNAMA