Baby among five family members killed in crash near Pekan

KUANTAN: Five family members, including a baby, perished in an accident involving a car and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) at Jalan Nenasi-Rompin, near Kampung Sembayan, Nenasi, Pekan, today.

Pahang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) acting director Wan Ahmad Fadillah Wan Abdul Rahman said it received a call about the incident at 7.15pm and 23 personnel from the Nenasi and Kuala Rompin fire and rescue stations were dispatched to the scene.

"The accident occurred when a Proton Wira Aeroback travelling from Rompin to Nenasi collided with a Nissan Grand Livina MPV heading in the opposite direction.

"All five occupants of the Proton Wira Aeroback - a man, a woman, a boy, a girl and a baby - died at the scene," he said in a statement.

He said the two people in the Nissan Grand Livina sustained injuries and were taken to the Rompin Hospital, while the five bodies were transported to Pekan Hospital for post-mortem.

The victims have yet to be identified. – BERNAMA