Mother and son killed in three-vehicle collision
Segamat police chief Superintendent Ahmad Zamry Marinsah said the victims, a woman in her 70s and her son in his 30s, were travelling in a Perodua Viva when it was rear-ended by a four-wheel drive vehicle, which was driven by a man in his 70s.
The impact caused the car to veer into the opposite lane.
"A lorry driven by a man in his 40s was approaching from the opposite direction and was unable to avoid the car, resulting in a collision," he said when contacted.
Both mother and son sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene by a medical team.
Zamry said the drivers of the four-wheel drive and the lorry were uninjured.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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