KOTA TINGGI: A 25-year-old man was killed when the car he was travelling in was involved in an accident with three other vehicles at KM56.7 of the Senai-Desaru Highway near Bandar Penawar here, yesterday.
The man, who driving a Perodua Bezza, was killed on the spot while his passenger and a motorcyclist, 31, were severely injured in the 7.10pm accident.
District police chief Superintendent Yusof Othman said the Bezza driver, who was heading from Johor Baru to Bandar Penawar, swerved into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a lorry.
The impact of the accident caused the lorry driver to lose control of his vehicle, which veered into the opposite lane and grazed a Perodua Alza driven by a 58-year-old man.
The Perodua Bezza then spun around and struck a motorcyclist trailing behind the lorry.
"The victim sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene," Yusof said in a statement today.
His passenger and the motorcyclist were both critically injured and were rushed to Sultan Ismail Hospital for treatment.
The drivers of the lorry and the Alza escaped the accident unharmed.