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Thursday November 18, 2010

Four die in road mishap after trailer rams into back of Proton Iswara

By CHAN LI LEEN
lileen@thestar.com.my

IPOH: A couple and their twin sons died when the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident with three other vehicles at the 377th kilometre of the North-South Expressway near Slim River. Their two other children were injured in the midnight mishap that also involved a trailer, lorry and taxi, about 130km from here. Tanjung Malim deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Anuar Osman said the family was heading north from Labu, Negri Sembilan, to their hometown in Lenggong, northern Perak, to celebrate Hari Raya Haji.



Mangled heap: What is left of the Proton Iswara, in which a family of six were travelling in, after it was involved in a four-vehicle pileup on the North-South Expressway near Slim River yesterday.

The dead are Shaful Fadzilah Shahar, 35, Siti Suzana Md Nor, 33, and their six-year-old twins Fitri and Fikri. “The couple and Fitri died on the spot due to serious head injuries while Fikri, who suffered similar injuries, was pronounced dead at the Slim River Hospital. Their eight-year-old son Firdaus was admitted to the same hospital with light injuries while their four-year-old daughter Fatihah, who was seriously hurt, was rushed to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh,” DSP Anuar said. He said a trailer had rammed into the back of the Proton Iswara driven by Shaful. “The impact of the crash caused Shaful’s car to ram into the back of a lorry. A taxi that was in front of the lorry was also hit but its driver escaped with minor injuries,” he said, adding that the driver of the trailer was also injured.

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Saturday November 20, 2010

Crash survivor needs skin graft

IPOH: Four-year-old Fatihah Shaful Fadzillah, who lost her parents and twin brothers in an accident on Wednesday, needs to undergo a skin graft procedure soon. A plastic surgeon at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, Dr Lim Yang Kwang, said Fatihah was recuperating and in stable condition. “She suffered 18% burns, mainly on the back and her left arm,” he said at the hospital yesterday.



Comforting hands: Grandparents Shahar Mohd Arifin, 61, (left) and Maliha Abd Hadi, 59, comforting Fatihah at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun hospital in Ipoh yesterday. – SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star

He said Fatihah’s burnt skin was being cleaned regularly to remove the dead skin tissue. Dr Lim said for the skin grafting procedure, a thin layer of skin would be removed, normally from the thighs, to be grafted in the affected area.

Shaful Fadzilah, 36, his wife Siti Suzana Mohd Nor, 33, together with their six-year-old twins Fitri and Fikri died when the car they were travelling in was involved in an accident with three other vehicles at the 377km of the North-South Express_way near Slim River on Wednesday. Fatihah’s aunt, Nor Azizah Shahar, 23, said her niece frequently cried and called out for her mother.

“She is still unaware of what has happened to her parents and two siblings. “I am thankful that her condition is improving and I hope she can recover quickly,” she said. Meanwhile, Fatihah’s grandfather, Shahar Mohd Ariffin, said he and his wife Maliha Abdul Hadi would raise Fatihah and her eight-year-old brother, Firdaus.

“We are not willing to hand over Firdaus and Fatihah to other people because they are very close to us,” he said, adding that the children would be staying with them in Gua Badak, Lenggong. Firdaus, who was admitted to the Slim River Hospital with light injuries suffered in the accident, has been discharged and is now recuperating at his grandparents’ home.