Couple dies in highway collision near Yong Peng

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A young couple was killed in a collision involving a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a car on the North-South Expressway near Yong Peng, Johor.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3af83snj  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A young couple lost their lives in a collision between a sports utility vehicle, SUV, and

00:07a car on the North-South Expressway near Yong Peng early Saturday morning.

00:12Batu Pahat District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Shahrulanoor Musyadat Abdullah

00:17Sani said the accident occurred at around 6.30 a.m. at kilometer 128.3 northbound.

00:24Preliminary investigations by the Batu Pahat Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division

00:29revealed that both vehicles were heading north when the car in front lost control and crashed

00:34into the road divider.

00:36The impact caused the car to spin and stop across the middle of the road, where it was

00:40struck by the SUV, which was unable to avoid the collision.

00:45The crash killed the car's driver, 24-year-old Mohamed Shahrul Nizam Mohamed Ali, and his

00:51wife, 23-year-old Norsuhada Kartika Razak.

00:56The couple, from Taman Kota Jaya, Kota Tinggi, Johor, suffered severe head injuries and

01:01were pronounced dead at the scene.

01:04The 50-year-old SUV driver sustained chest injuries and is receiving treatment at Sultana

01:09Fatima Specialist Hospital in Muar.

01:12The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act,

01:181987.

01:26For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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