KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his condolences over the death of three siblings who were killed in a road accident in Pontian, Johor today.
In a Facebook post, Anwar also expressed his deepest sympathies to the victims’ family and prayed that they would be given strength and resilience in facing the tragedy.
“May the souls of the deceased be showered with blessings and be placed among the righteous. Al-Fatihah,” he said.
In the incident at about 7.20 am, the three siblings, aged between eight and 18, were killed after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a lorry travelling in the opposite direction while they were heading from Jalan Parit Haji Omar towards Kayu Ara Pasong in haze conditions.
The siblings were reportedly on their way home after reaching the younger two’s school and finding it closed, following their insistence on seeing for themselves whether classes had been called off due to the haze.
Pontian district police chief Supt Hadzrat Hussein Mion Hussain said the pillion riders, aged eight and 11, died at the scene, while the 18-year-old motorcycle rider succumbed to his injuries at Pontian Hospital.
The 69-year-old lorry driver sustained injuries to his hands and both knees.
-- BERNAMA