Fatal
accident on KM301.6 North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung, Gopeng approximately
1 am on April 17, 2014. Lawyer and
Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor,
YB Karpal Singh
is one of the victims who died in this accident as serious injuries.
Kampar police chief Supt Ng Kong Soon said Karpal Singh,
74, and his personal assistant Michael Cornelius, 40s, died at the scene. In addition, he said, a maid Karpal Singh,
an Indonesian woman was seriously
injured and suffered brain haemorrhage while the DAP leader's son, Ram Singh, 38, and MPV vehicle drivers not
injured in the accident.
"The initial investigation the
police found the vehicle, a white MPV Toyota Alphard carrying five passengers,
including Karpal Singh on the way from Kuala
Lumpur to Penang is
believed lose
control when they hit the scene
and hit the right side of a moving truck on the
left side of the route," he
said when contacted here today.
He
said the five-tonne truck carrying a load of cement, steel and mosaic
is believed move slowly to the left of the path
to the north as it is under heavy load and the scene is also an area of hilly routes. All of the victims was taken to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun here.
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