Alor Gajah crash: Joint birthday celebration becomes family’s tragic final memory

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A joyous birthday celebration in November for three siblings has now become a bittersweet memory for the family of victims in a tragic accident at KM204 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) northbound Monday night (Dec 23).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/48cbwnd4   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A joyful November birthday celebration for three siblings has become a heartbreaking

00:07memory after a tragic crash at kilometer 204 of the North-South Expressway, PLUS, claimed

00:14seven lives on Monday night.

00:16The collision, involving five vehicles including a trailer and a tour bus, killed 32-year-old

00:22MPV driver Khairul Izwan Mazupi, his wife, Fadzlena Ramli, also 32, their youngest son,

00:30two-year-old Mohammad Omar Khairul Ikhwan, Fadzlena's parents, 66-year-old Ramli Abdul

00:36Wahab and 69-year-old Fauzia Jafar.

00:40Khairul's sister, Noor Akila Mazupi, recalled their last moments together and the special

00:45birthday celebration they had in November for all three of Khairul's children at their

00:49grandmother's house in Bangi.

00:51She described how her two-year-old nephew waved excitedly as their car drove away, a

00:56memory she says will stay with her forever.

00:59The crash, which occurred at 8.45pm, involved five vehicles.

01:04The family had travelled to Malacca last Saturday for a reunion hosted by Fadzlena's relatives.

01:10Noor Akila said she learned of the accident through news reports.

01:22The crash, which occurred at 8.45pm, involved five vehicles, including a trailer and a tour

01:29bus.

01:30Investigations revealed that the bus hit a lorry tyre in the middle lane, lost control

01:35and veered into oncoming traffic, colliding with three vehicles.

01:40Khairul and Fadzlena were medical assistants at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Serdang,

01:45respectively.

01:46Their seven-year-old son, Muhammad Uwais Alkarni, is critically injured, while four-year-old

01:52Noor Sofea Hummaira is stable after treatment.

01:57The accident left seven dead and 33 injured.

02:00Among the fatalities were the tour bus driver, 56-year-old Norisnyan Kamid, and a bus passenger,

02:0766-year-old Lamra Asid Ali, a Singaporean.

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