KUALA KANGSAR: The bodies of two out of the five Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS) students who were killed in a tragic accident at KM245.2 of the North-South Expressway northbound here earlier this morning have been claimed by their family members.
They are Ahmad Naim Najmi Ahmad Hafizan from Kemaman, Terengganu and Ahmad Akmal Ahmad Mokhlis from Parit Buntar, Perak.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said these two victims were able to be identified through the identity cards found on their bodies.
"The post-mortem on both bodies was conducted by forensic experts from Taiping Hospital at 2pm today," he said when contacted.
He added that the bodies were taken to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Mosque in USAS for funeral prayers after the Isyak prayer before being taken to their respective hometowns.
The other three students were identified as Muhammad Nasrun Aidol Munir Akbar, 22, from Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor; Iqbal Hasnun Halimi, 23, from Senai, Johor; and Muhammad Nabil Haikal Muhammad Fariz, 19, from Batu Caves, Selangor.
It is learnt that the post-mortem on these three victims was still being carried out at the Kuala Kangsar Hospital here.
The five, all in one car, had left their campus in Kuala Kangsar to have dinner in Ipoh yesterday.
En route back to Kuala Kangsar, their car collided with two lorries along a stretch of the highway which was undergoing roadworks just before 1am.
Mior Faridalathrash had said that the Honda, which was behind a trailer, had slowed down after the stretch had narrowed into a single lane due to the road works.
However, the driver of another trailer behind them failed to apply the brakes on time and rammed into the Honda, slamming it into the trailer in front.
The impact saw the Honda bursting into flames, killing all five occupants.