Man killed, wife son injured in road crash

KUANTAN: A man was killed, and his wife and son injured when the car they were travelling in, collided head-on with a four-wheel drive vehicle at the 71km Jalan Kea Farm-Tringkap near Cameron Highlands yesterday evening.

Saad Othman, 68, died on the spot.

His widow, Namezan Jalil, 63, and son, Abdul Hafiz, 35, were warded at the Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom Hospital with head and body injuries.

Their condition was described as serious but stable.

Cameron Highlands police chief DSP Wan Mohamad Zahari Wan Busu said today, the trio were on their way to Kea Farm from Tringkap when the crash occurred about 7.20pm.

He said Saad was from Taman Ehsan in Kepong, Selangor. -- BERNAMA

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Man killed, wife son injured in road crash

KUANTAN: A man was killed, and his wife and son injured when the car they were travelling in, collided head-on with a four-wheel drive vehicle at the 71km Jalan Kea Farm-Tringkap near Cameron Highlands yesterday evening.

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