Car crash kills 59-year-old woman, injures three others

KOTA TINGGI: A fatal collision involving two vehicles along KM9.8 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kluang claimed the life of a woman and left three others injured. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman said police received a report on the accident at 8.45am on Wednesday (March 5). “The incident involved two cars, driven by a 26-year-old local woman and...

Car crash turns into seafood grabfest on overturned lorry

MERSING: Dozens of onlookers flocked to an overturned lorry, vying for its seafood cargo strewn on the roadside. Photos and videos of people picking up the fish and shrimp that spilt from the lorry quickly went viral on social media, gathering all kinds of reactions. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Yusof Othman said all the seafood have been...

QuickCheck: Will a ‘city-killer’ asteroid hit Earth in 2029?

SPACE is a dangerous place for us humans. The absence of oxygen that we need to breathe, extreme temperatures that can cook one side of your body and freeze the other side at the same time, and intense radiation that can fry your organs from the inside out. These are but a small taste of...

P-hailing rider killed after being hit by car at red light

SEPANG: A food delivery man was killed when he was hit by a car driven by a woman at a traffic light intersection in Jalan Taman Emas, Puchong, on Friday (Dec 6). Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Norhizam Bahaman said the incident occurred when the 27-year-old victim, who was riding a motorcycle, was waiting for a red...

Teenager dies, another hurt after m-bike crashes into car

KOTA KINABALU: A teenager was killed while another sustained injuries after the motorcycle they were riding collided into a car early Friday (Nov 22). The student from SMK Bandaraya in Menggatal near here, had gone out for lunch with a female schoolmate on the motorcycle to buy food from a nearby stall. It is learnt that they...

High-powered motorcycle rider killed in collision with car in Johor

BATU PAHAT: A high-powered motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a car at Batu 6, Jalan Kangkar Baru Paloh in Yong Peng, at around 10.15am on Sunday (Nov 10). Batu Pahat district police chief ACP Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the incident occurred while the victim and several other high-powered motorcycle riders, in a...

Man dies after motorcycle collides with road divider in Johor

KLUANG: A 20-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a road divider at KM58 of the North-South Expressway (NSE) here. Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said the incident occurred at 7.15pm on Saturday (Oct 12) when the victim was on his way to the Pagoh National Youth Skills Training Institute. “The victim, a...

Viral video captures SUV speeding with motorcycle lodged underneath it in Rawang

PETALING JAYA: A motorist continued driving his SUV with its tyres missing and a motorcycle lodged under it near Taman Velox, Rawang, on Thursday (Aug 1). It was alleged that the car crashed into the motorcycle moments earlier. A video of the incident, posted by a social media user on Facebook, showed the SUV speeding off with...

Two die in in accident caused by heart attack in Sepang

SEPANG: A tragic accident claimed two lives after a lorry driver lost control of his vehicle following a heart attack. In a statement on Wednesday (July 17), Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the incident occurred at around 9.10am. A total of seven vehicles were involved, including the lorry and two motorcycles. "When the...

Three dead, five severely hurt in Jalan Kuala Krai-Gua Musang accident

KOTA BARU: Three died and five were seriously injured in an accident involving three pickup trucks on Jalan Kuala Krai-Gua Musang, Kampung Pahi, early Saturday (April 27) morning. The dead victims comprised two men and a woman while four men and a woman were seriously injured. A Kuala Krai Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the fire...