SITIAWAN: Three people were killed while three others seriously injured in separate accidents here over the last 12 hours, said Manjung OCPD ACP Mohd Jamil Osman.

In the first accident at 8.40pm, Shah Fahrin Ramli, 30, from Lambor Kiri, Parit was killed while three others were injured when the car crashed into a tree at Km 7 of Jalan Sitiawan-Ipoh.

ACP Mohd Jamil said Shah Fahrin who suffered serious head injuries died on the spot. The body was then sent to Manjung Hospital for a post-mortem.

Car driver Shaiful Amirul Ngah Mohd Yusof, 20, his brother Shahir Shafie, 19 and Mohd Hanafi Wahid, 17, suffered serious head injuries. They were rushed to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital for treatment.

In another accident, two men were killed when their lorry crashed into the rear of a parked trailer at Jalan Pantai Remis-Sitiawan (near Tunku Bainun bridge) early Wednesday.

The accident at 5.32am killed lorry driver R. Prakas Rao, 33, and attendant M. Rabu, 24, an Indian national. They died form serious head injuries.

Firemen who rushed to the scene spent sometime extricating the bodies in the lorry. The bodies were then sent to Manjung Hospital for a post-mortem. — Bernama