Kuala kangsar: Two men were killed after the four-wheel-drive vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a fertiliser-laden lorry at KM253 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS) southbound near Kuala Kangsar early this morning.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad stated that the 25-year-old driver and his 22-year-old passenger were trapped in the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

Sabarodzi reported that the department received a distress call at 5.51 am, after which a team from the Meru Raya Fire and Rescue Station, assisted by the Kuala Kangsar station, rushed to the scene.

“Firefighters conducted a size-up and applied the SAVER concept (Systematic Approach for Victim Extraction and Rescue) to extricate both trapped victims,” he said in a statement.

The bodies were handed over to the police for further action, and the operation concluded about two hours later.