Student, two soldiers killed in road accident

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KOTA BAHARU: A student and two soldiers were killed in a road accident involving two cars in Machang early yesterday, police said.

Machang acting police chief DSP Kamal Azural Mohamed identified them as Nor Syafiq Nor Azim, 19, a student from UiTM Machang, and soldiers Abd Rahim Hat, 33, and Sairul Shaiful, 25, from the Desa Pahlawan camp in Kok Lanas, here.

He said Nor Syafiq was driving towards Pasir Puteh and the soldiers were in a car headed in the opposite direction, towards Machang, when the accident happened at 1.15am.

The bodies were sent to the Machang Hospital, he said when contacted by Bernama. — Bernama