An elderly woman was killed while two men were injured in a three-vehicle crash at KM314 of the northbound PLUS Expressways stretch near Tapah yesterday afternoon, with two of the vehicles plunging into a 15-metre ravine.
Assistant Director of Operations for the Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Perak, Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad, said the accident involved a stone-laden trailer, a Lexus and a BMW.
Emergency responders received a distress call at 2.06pm before a team from the Tapah Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched to the scene.
“Upon arrival, it was found that the trailer lorry and the Lexus had skidded off the road and fallen into a ravine. Three occupants in the Lexus were trapped,” he said in a statement.
The 43-year-old driver and a 77-year-old front passenger sustained injuries, while a 71-year-old woman seated in the rear was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.
Meanwhile, the drivers of the BMW and the trailer escaped unhurt.
The injured victims were given initial treatment before being transported to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh for further care. The deceased was handed over to the police for subsequent action.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
