Founder of Fadhilat Herbs, his family killed in fiery crash (Update 2)
SEREMBAN: A Malacca entrepreneur, the founder of Fadhilat Herbs Sdn Bhd, and his entire family were burnt to death after the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident at KM252 of the North-South Expressway, near the Senawang Toll Plaza, at about 1.30am on Monday.
Suhaimi Ghazali, 41, his wife Fadhillah Isnin, 31 and their children Nor Natashahuda 11, Mohd Daniel, 10, and Mohd Hanif Iman and Adi Putra, both two years old, were on their way back to their home in Teluk Mas in Malacca after holidaying at the Bukit Merah Lake Resort.
Police at first could not determine the identify of the six charred remains of the victims as their bodies and the car had been completely burnt beyond recognition, Bernama reported. The remains were later sent to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital in Seremban for a post-mortem.
According to a police spokesman, the six were trapped inside the ill-fated car that was believed to have lost control and crashed into a lorry that was parked on the shoulder of the expressway.
The impact of the accident and the explosion had resulted in the engine of the car being blown about 50m away from the scene of the accident and was found in a drain, Bernama said.
“The car may have been driven fast and lost control before hitting the parked lorry, a trailer, that was laden with goods believed to be granite powder. The lorry had broken down since Sunday afternoon,” he told reporters at the scene.
A witness, Rashid Razali, 38, who lives in Taman Seremban Selatan about 150m from the expressway, said he was washing his car when he heard a loud explosion.
“After the explosion, I saw fire. I and a few neighbours rushed to the expressway to investigate and saw a smoking engine,” he said, according to Bernama.
“We tried to get closer to the burning car but moved back when there was a second explosion from the wrecked car. The fire was very intense and the car was a total wreck due to the impact,” he said.
Firemen from the Seremban 2 and Senawang Fire and Rescue Department, who arrived in three fire engines, took about three hours to extricate the bodies, after using a crane to lift the trailer.
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not sure but our friends down in Malacca might know the deceased and family more. Al-fatihah
