Melaka tragedy: Two young men die in separate road accidents

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Two separate fatal road accidents occurred in Melaka on Sunday (November 16) .  At around 8am, a 26-year-old businessman was killed when his sports car collided with a bus travelling from the opposite direction along Jalan Krubong–Sungai Badau.   Meanwhile, on the North-South Expressway, a 25-year-old man was killed when his car lost control on and crashed into a roadside barrier.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2s46efy4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 26-year-old businessman was killed when his sports car collided head-on

00:06with an oncoming bus along Jalan Grubong Sungai Badao.

00:10Malaka Tengah OCPD Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit

00:14identified the victim as Chong Chi Tong from Taman Ozana Impian.

00:19He said Chong died at the scene of the 8 a.m. crash on Sunday,

00:23while the 34-year-old bus driver suffered minor injuries.

00:26A.C.P. Christopher said the car was heading towards Grubong Perdana

00:31when the driver lost control and veered into the opposite lane, crashing into the bus.

00:36The bus was en route to the Malaka Central Bus Terminal and could not avoid the collision.

00:42There were no passengers on board at the time of the crash.

00:45Preliminary checks found clear weather and dry road conditions.

00:48The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1 of the Road Transport Act, 1987.

00:56In a separate incident, a 25-year-old man was killed when his car skidded on the North-South Expressway

01:03and crashed into a roadside crash barrier at the 219-kilometer mark of the southbound stretch.

01:10The Malaka Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call at 9.44 a.m.

01:16and deployed 10 personnel from the Alor Gaja Fire and Rescue Station.

01:20The team found a wrecked maivey with the driver dead at the scene

01:24and later extricated the victim before handing the case over to the police.

01:28The Malaka Fire and Rescue Department

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