IPOH: Two senior citizens were killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash at Km10 of Jalan Beruas-Ipoh, near here, this morning.
Manjung acting district police chief Deputy Superintendent Chong Boo Khim said the driver of a Perodua Kelisa, Fatimah Mohd Ali, 64, and rear passenger, Mohd Ibrahim Md Deram, 77, were pronounced dead at the scene.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that the four occupants in the Kelisa were travelling from Simpang Tiga, Parit, towards Beruas when their vehicle collided with a Nissan van from the opposite direction that strayed into their lane," he said today.
The two injured passengers in the Kelisa, a 70-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, and the van driver were sent to Seri Manjung Hospital.
He urged members of the public with information on the incident to contact Traffic Investigations Officer Inspector Siti Nor Athira Ramlan at 018-970 2345.