SEREMBAN (ANN/THE STAR) – Two teenagers lost their lives when a car driven by an 18-year-old boy allegedly ran a red light at a junction and crashed into their motorcycle here.
Seremban OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the victims, aged 16 and 15 years old, respectively, were killed on the spot in the 8.30pm accident on Thursday (March 6).
The incident happened at a junction along Jalan Persiaran Senawang 1 at Matahari Heights.
“A preliminary probe revealed that the car driver and his 17-year-old passenger were heading towards Paroi from Senawang when the crash happened. It also revealed that the driver had failed to stop at a traffic light junction causing two motorcyclists coming from the left to crash into his car,” he said.
ACP Mohamad Hatta stated that another motorcyclist along with his passenger, as well as the car driver and passenger, sustained serious injuries in the crash.
The remains of the two victims were taken to Rembau Hospital for postmortem.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
