Three senior citizens died in a fire when a Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) cylinder exploded after the taxi they were in skidded and crashed into a bridge wall on Jalan Jasin Merlimau, near Kampung Lanchang in Jasin, Melaka.
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00:00Three senior citizens lost their lives in a tragic accident when a natural gas vehicle
00:08NGV cylinder exploded after their taxi skidded and crashed into a bridge wall on Jalan Jasin
00:14Merlimau near Kampung Lanchang.
00:17Jasin OCPD Deputy Superintendent Ahmad Jamil Radzi reported that the incident occurred
00:23at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
00:25The victims, an elderly couple and the taxi driver, were pronounced dead at the scene.
00:31The couple, identified as 84-year-old Husali Umar and 60-year-old Mastura Saeed from Felkra
00:37Lembah Kesang, Merlimau, had hired the taxi to visit their son in Taman Merlimau Perdana.
00:44The taxi driver was identified as 71-year-old S. Subramaniam from Taman Muhiba.
00:50Initial investigations suggest the driver lost control of the vehicle before it skidded
00:55and crashed into the bridge wall.
00:57The impact triggered an explosion of the NGV cylinder.
01:01The Malacca Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at 9.09 a.m. and dispatched
01:0711 personnel from the Jasin Bastari and Merlimau stations to the scene.