KUANTAN: Twelve individuals, including four children, were injured after two vehicles collided on Jalan Felda Jengka 4 towards Maran yesterday.
According to a spokesman from the Pahang Fire and Rescue Department, the accident involved a Honda City carrying three men and two women, and a Perodua Bezza with one man, two women, and four children.
"Firefighters assisted in extricating the Honda City driver who was trapped in the vehicle. The injured victim was handed over to the Ministry of Health for transportation to the hospital," the spokesman said when contacted.
In a separate incident in Temerloh, a driver and a nurse suffered minor injuries after the ambulance they were in was involved in an accident while avoiding a motorcycle crash on KM 115.2 of the East Coast Highway towards Kuantan yesterday morning.
Temerloh district police chief ACP Mazlan Hassan said preliminary investigations revealed the ambulance was returning to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan when the accident occurred.
He said the ambulance driver attempted to avoid a motorcycle that had lost control and hit a road barrier on the right side of the highway.
"The ambulance did not collide with the motorcycle. However, as a result of the accident, a 42-year-old man seated in front sustained a left knee injury, and a 34-year-old male nurse suffered an injury to his left elbow. The ambulance driver and a female nurse were unharmed," Mazlan said in a statement.-- BERNAMA