Three die, one injured in crash

2009/11/27

KUANTAN, Fri: A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) personnel and two nursing students were killed in a road accident at Km9 of Jalan Kuantan-Kemaman near here today. Kuantan police chief ACP Mohd Jasmani Yusoff said airman Mohd Nasir Abd Hager, 28, of Marang, Terengganu, was attached to the RMAF in Alor Setar.

Killed along with him in the 6.45am accident were two women, Nur Surwarni Jalir, 21, of Bukit Rakit, Kuala Terengganu, and Marlizatul Akmal Mohamad, 23, of Gambang, Kuantan, who were students of the Masterskill College of Nursing and Health in Kuala Lumpur, he said.

He also said that another RMAF personnel, also based in Alor Setar, Saiful Zazeeleen Che Yusof, in his 20s, from Marang, Terengganu, was seriously injured and has been admitted to the Kemaman Hospital.

The three bodies were sent to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.

Mohd Jasmani said Mohd Nasir, who was driving a Proton Wira car carrying all four of them, is believed to have hit an oncoming lorry when he swerved to avoid hitting a car emerging from a junction near the Petronas service station in Cherating.

The foursome were travelling from Kuantan to Marang and Bukit Rakit to celebrate Aidiladha. -- BERNAMA