Two taken to hospital after accident involving four vehicles at Singapore’s Lim Chu Kang

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two people were taken to hospital following an accident involving four vehicles along Lim Chu Kang Road on June 27 evening. The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted at about 6.10pm to the accident involving a van and three lorries along Lim Chu Kang Road towards Neo...

Three Vietnamese women among four killed in car-lorry crash on NSE

BATU PAHAT: Four people, including three Vietnamese women, were killed when their vehicle crashed into a trailer lorry at KM123.8 of the North-South Expressway (NSE), the Pagoh-Yong Peng stretch. Batu Pahat acting OCPD Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the accident occurred at 9.15pm on Tuesday (June 11) after the lorry broke down in the middle...

Car skids, crashes into gates of Istana Besar Johor

JOHOR BARU: A sedan driven by a man, 25, skidded and crashed into the gates of Istana Besar Johor here on Monday. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the 3pm crash was due to slick road conditions. "The man was driving alone when his car skidded on its own without involving other vehicles. He...

No sabotage, malicious elements in PJ church car crash, say cops

PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that a driver who crashed into a church compound in Petaling Jaya had lost control of his vehicle before the accident. Petaling Jaya deputy OCPD, Supt Hussin Sollehuddin Zolkifly said police received information on Saturday (June 1) that a car had skidded and crashed into the church compound at Jalan SS...

Copter tragedy: Royal Malaysian Navy shares video of final seven seconds before crash

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) shared a video showing the final seven seconds before the Eurocopter AS555SN Fennecand Agusta-Westland AW-139 crashed at the Lumut Naval base on April 23. Navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Ayob said the video showed the moment prior to the air collision that led to the crash. "On that...

Copter tragedy: Aunt never thought Noorfarahimi’s thrill of flying in heli would end sad

SELAMA: It never occurred to Laila Fairus Ismail, 58, that her niece's excitement of flying in a helicopter would end in tragedy, with Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) Warrant Officer II TNL Noorfarahimi Mohd Saedy perishing with nine other TLDM personnel when two helicopters crashed at the TLDM base in Lumut on Tuesday. Laila said Noorfarahimi, 41,...

Pilot spoke to parents an hour before crash

GEORGE TOWN: The parents of Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Commander Muhammad Firdaus Ramli (pic) had just chatted with him over the phone barely an hour before his tragic death. “This cannot have happened. I can’t believe my brother is gone. Just this morning (yesterday), I heard my parents talking to him over the phone. “About an hour...

Two copters crash during training in Lumut

PETALING JAYA: Two naval helicopters crashed during training at the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) stadium in Lumut, Perak on Tuesday (April 23). A video of the incident showed one of the helicopters clipping the rotor of the other aircraft before the two crashed into the ground. The two helicopters involved were a Eurocopter AS555SN Fennec, and an...

Copter tragedy: 10 dead, no survivors, says Ministry

PETALING JAYA: No survivors were found at the crash site involving two navy helicopters in Lumut, Perak on Tuesday (April 23). All 10 crew members perished after their helicopters collided during training at the TLDM stadium in Lumut, Perak. According to a statement from the navy, an investigation board will be set up to probe the incident. ALSO...

Child and woman killed in five-vehicle crash near Dengkil

PETALING JAYA: A ten-year-old child and a woman in her 40s were killed in a five-vehicle collision along Jalan Banting in Dengkil on Monday (Jan 22). When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said that both died at the scene, adding that a woman in her 20s suffered injuries to her...