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TANGKAK, MALAYSIA: A two-month-old baby girl miraculously escaped death but her parents, grandmother and brother - all Singaporeans - were killed when the seven-seater vehicle they were in smashed into two trees along the North-South Expressway here.
Jolene Bong was flung more than 10m but survived, unscathed.
However, her grandmother Pang Chee Seng, 68, mother Kor Yee Lin, 36, and brother Justin Bong, aged two, died on the spot. Her father Bong Kwang Hong, 37, died at the Tangkak Hospital.
The family was headed north when Bong, who was driving, lost control of the vehicle at the 150th kilometre of the expressway at 8.30am.
The vehicle smashed up two trees beside the expressway, and eyewitnesses said the baby was flung out but was not injured.
The baby and her father, who was seriously injured, were rushed to the Tangkak Hospital, where Bong succumbed to his injuries shortly on arrival.
A team headed by Insp Karmila Mohd Nasir from the Muar traffic police rushed to investigate and sent the dead to the Tangkak Hospital mortuary.
Police found the international passports of the victims, including Jolene's, but no address was stated in the documents.
Insp Karmila tried to call the victims' friends from a mobile phone found at the scene but experienced difficulty getting through.
Muar police urged those who witnessed the accident to come forward to help in investigations.
 FATAL CRASH: The accident left baby Jolene unscathed, but killed (from left) her parents Bong Kwang Hong and Kor Yee Lin; grandmother Pang Chee Seng; and her two-year-old brother Justin. |
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