Trailer driver remanded for three days following accident killing three people

GERIK: The trailer driver involved in the accident that killed three siblings at a traffic light junction near the Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) Lenggong here yesterday, was remanded for three days beginning today.

Gerik OCPD, Supt Ismail Che Isa said the man was being detained to assist police investigation under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act.

The accident at about 11 am involved a trailer lorry carrying fish fertiliser, a multi-purpose Grand Livina vehicle, a Honda HRV car, a Toyota Hilux and Nissan Sentra.

The incident occurred when the trailer lorry, which was on its way from Gerik to Kuala Kangsar, was believed to have a problem with the brakes before ramming the rear of the vehicle concerned which had stopped at the traffic light junction.

A twin brother and sister, Muhammad Hanif Ismail and Nur Ain Hanifah, aged eight, and their elder sister, Nur Ain Hafizah, 22, who was travelling in the Honda HRV died at the scene of the incident due to severe injuries.

Meanwhile, their father, Ismail Yaacob, 53, who was driving the car, and his wife, Zainab Yong, 44, sustained serious injuries and were receiving treatment at the Taiping Hospital, while another daughter of the couple, Nur Ain Haruzah,13, sustained light injuries. — Bernama