IPOH: Former DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh died in a road accident on the North-South Expressway near Gua Tempurung in Kampar early today, police said. He was 74.Also killed in the 12.40 am accident, involving an MPV and a lorry, was Karpal Singh’s personal assistant identified only as Michael, in his 40s, said Kampar OCPD Supt Ng Kong Soon.
He said Karpal Singh and Michael died on the spot, at Km306.1 on the north-bound stretch of the highway.
Ng said Karpal Singh’s maid, an Indonesian woman, was badly injured while his son, Ram Singh, 38, and the driver of MPV they were travelling in were unhurt.
Ng told Bernama the white Toyota Alphard MPV carrying Karpal Singh and four other people from Kuala Lumpur to Penang was involved in the collision with the lorry moving slowly ahead of it at a hilly stretch of the highway.
The five-tonne lorry was carrying a load of cement, steel and mosaic tiles, he said.
The injured maid and the bodies of Karpal Singh and Michael were taken to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, he said.
Fire and Rescue Service personnel were on hand to provide assistance, he added. – Bernama