A 24-year-old man was killed after the car he was driving skidded off the road and crashed into an oil palm tree, splitting the vehicle into two, in an accident along Jalan Jengka–Jerantut near Jengka 11 in Maran, Pahang, this morning.
Maran district police chief Superintendent Wong Kim Wai said the crash occurred at about 8.18am while the victim was travelling from Bandar Pusat Jengka towards Jengka 8.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the car, driven by Amir Zulfhadli Azfar Sanuddin from Felda Mawar Jengka 10, lost control and veered to the left side of the road.
“As a result of the collision, the victim suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene,” Wong said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Pahang Fire and Rescue Department operations and rescue division assistant director Mohd Salahuddin Isa said seven firefighters from the Jengka Fire and Rescue Station were dispatched to the scene shortly after the incident.
Firefighters found the victim trapped inside the wreckage of the vehicle, which had been torn into two sections following the impact. It took about 20 minutes to extricate the victim.
The body was later sent to Hospital Jengka for a post-mortem examination.
