Kepala batas: Two drivers were killed and a passenger seriously injured after the vehicles they were travelling in collided on Jalan Shah Bandar, Taman Bertam Perdana here today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, John Sagun Francis, assistant director of the Fire and Rescue Operations Division at the Penang Fire and Rescue Department, stated that the two victims were Tan Kwang Sin, 56, the driver of the Perodua Myvi, and Muhamad Haziq Adnan, 22, who was driving the Proton Iswara.

He mentioned that after receiving an emergency call at 6.22 pm, fire engines from the Bertam Fire and Rescue Station were dispatched to the scene. The rescue team managed to extricate all victims from the front seats within half an hour.

‘The Myvi driver was pronounced dead by the Ministry of Health team, and his body was sent to Kepala Batas Hospital,’ he said in a statement tonight. John added that Muhamad Haziq, who sustained severe injuries, died at the same hospital during treatment, while the female Myvi passenger suffered serious injuries, including a broken left arm.