Sep 20 2010, 04:34 PM, updated 16y ago
Newly married couple killed in car crash
GEORGE TOWN: A teenage couple, married in January this year, were killed in an accident at Km2.2 of the Penang Bridge here on Sunday.
Car accessories salesman Teh Boh Yi, 19, and shop assistant Khor Lee Mui, 17, died of head injuries while their three friends, who were travelling with them in the car, have been warded at Penang Hospital.
One of the friends, contract worker Lee Choo Hoe, 17, was thrown out of the car and landed in the sea. Marine police rescued him two hours later.
Police said Teh, the driver of the Nissan Livina, tried to switch lanes when he lost control of the car which hit the railings at 11.30pm.
The car then swerved to the middle of the road and a lorry loaded with vegetables rammed into it from behind, Penang Traffic Operations chief Deputy Supt Abdul Rahim bin Md. Din said.
Lee said he could not remember what happened. "I was unconscious when I was thrown out of the car and woke up to find myself in the sea. I managed to cling onto the bridge pylon underneath,” he said.
The other injured are Chiam Chee Wei, 17, and Teh Bee Bee, 20.
Chiam is in the intensive care unit while Bee Bee suffered a broken right leg.
Sos Cili
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Suami Isteri Maut Dalam Kemalangan Di Jambatan Pulau Pinang, Rakan Jatuh Ke Laut
GEORGE TOWN: Sepasang suami isteri muda maut selepas kenderaan MPV yang dinaiki mereka merempuh besi selusur Jambatan Pulau Pinang dalam satu kemalangan di sini malam tadi, manakala seorang daripada tiga penumpang MPV itu tercampak keluar daripada kenderaan tersebut dan jatuh ke dalam laut.
Ketua Trafik Pulau Pinang DSP Abdul Rahim Md Din berkata remaja berumur 17 tahun yang tercampak ke dalam laut itu kemudiannya berenang ke salah satu tiang jambatan sebelum diselamatkan oleh polis marin kira-kira pukul 1.30 pagi.
Beliau berkata pemandu MPV itu Teh Boh Yi, 17, dari Sungai Rambai Bukit Mertajam dan isterinya Khor Lee Mui, 17, dari Mukim 8 Tanah Liat Bukit Mertajam, meninggal dunia di Hospital Pulau Pinang pada kira-kira pukul 1 pagi akibat kemalangan pada kira-kira pukul 11 malam itu.
Bercakap kepada Bernama ketika dihubungi di sini beliau berkata kemalangan dipercayai berlaku semasa kenderaan yang dipandu Teh dalam perjalanan menghala Pulau Pinang itu hilang kawalan semasa ia cuba memotong sebuah kenderaan.
Katanya MPV itu kemudiannya terbabas ke pembahagi jalan sebelum dilanggar pula oleh sebuah lori membawa sayur, mengakibatkan ia merempuh besi selusur jambatan.
Abdul Rahim berkata rempuhan itu mengakibatkan remaja berkenaan tercampak keluar dari kereta, dan terjatuh ke dalam laut.
Katanya ketiga-tiga penumpang MPV yang terselamat dalam kejadian itu kini menerima rawatan itu Hospital Pulau Pinang, dan salah seorang daripadanya sedang dirawat di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU).
"Keadaan mereka baik, namun ketiga-tiganya masih dalam keadaan trauma akibat kejadian itu," katanya.
Adul Rahim berkata polis sedang menyiasat kes itu mengikut Seksyen 41 (1)Akta Pengangkutan 1987. - BERNAMA
Sos Tomato
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