Fatal selfie on highway?

7 Oct 2014

IPOH: The passengers of the vehicle involved in the deadly crash on Km256 of the North-South Expressway, after the Menora Tunnel, near here on Saturday morning, were believed to be taking a selfie with a monopod moments before the accident happened.

The alleged selfie act has gone viral on social media.

Meanwhile, a Bernama report stated that in the incident, a family trip home to celebrate Aidiladha ended in tragedy when a mother and her daughter were killed in the crash.

Norhayati Wook, 50, and Siti Yuslianis Roslan, 20, a student of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin died at the scene from severe head injuries while three other siblings suffered minor injuries.

Muhammad Yusriman, 23, who was driving the Proton Saga BLM, when met at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, could not stop muttering sadly: "I'm sorry mom" as he felt guilty over the incident.

He claimed that a trailer, which had been hit by another trailer from behind, crashed into the rear of the car he was driving.

"There was a loud sound. I think the trailer driver failed to brake in time. My siblings were screaming and glasses were smashed," he told reporters.

He said members of the public helped them out of the car.

"We were on the way from Bukit Sentosa, Rawang to Lenggong as my mother and father are from there," he said.

He and his brother Muhammad Yusrizal, 25, suffered minor injuries while their younger sister Siti Yusliana, 12, suffered cuts on her heels.

Kuala Kangsar police chief ACP Ghuzlan Salleh said all the victims are family members of a police sub-inspector who is attached to the Bukit Beruntong police training centre, Selangor.

However, he said the police personnel was not with his family when the incident occurred.

The car all smashed up after a trailer allegedly hit it from the rear at Km256 of the North-South Expressway on Saturday. Syed Azahar Syed Osman / SUNPIX