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An 18-year-old electrical worker died at the scene after a car lost control and skidded into a road divider pole in Kuala Terengganu, sending it crashing through the oncoming van he was travelling in with his father on Tuesday (May 19) afternoon.

Dashcam footage has emerged of the crash.

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00:07Dashcam footage has emerged, showing the terrifying moment a car lost control,
00:12triggering a fatal chain of events that claimed the life of an 18-year-old worker
00:16right beside his father.
00:18It happened along Jalan Losong Ferry in Kuala Terengganu Tuesday afternoon.
00:23Emergency services received a distress call at 4.12pm,
00:26reporting a collision between a car and a van.
00:29Police say the car, driven by a 43-year-old man,
00:32was travelling from Kuala Terengganu city centre towards the Losong Museum.
00:37The van, driven by a 49-year-old man, was heading in the opposite direction,
00:42from Taman Manir, towards the city.
00:44The car driver is believed to have suddenly lost control of his vehicle
00:48before skidding off the road and straight into a street lamp pole,
00:51standing in the centre of the road.
00:53The car then veered into the opposite lane and slammed into the oncoming van.
00:58The force of the impact brought the pole crashing down onto the van
01:02and it struck 18-year-old Wah Han Keong in the head.
01:05The teen was pronounced dead at the scene while his father,
01:08the van driver, Wah Tee Toon, sustained minor injuries to his hand.
01:13The car driver's 8-year-old son, who had been sitting in the front passenger seat,
01:17suffered minor leg injuries.
01:19His wife and two other children, aged 11 and 1, escaped without injury.
01:23Kuala Terengganu District Police Chief ACP Azli Muhammad Noor
01:28confirmed the victim's remains were sent to Hospital Sultana Noor Zahira
01:31for a post-mortem.
01:33The case is being investigated under Section 41, Subsection 1
01:36of the Road Transport Act, 1987.
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