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GEORGE TOWN : A man has been killed and three others injured after the car they were travelling in skidded and crashed into a backhoe along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway near Bukit Dumbar early on Sunday .
A spokesman for the Penang Fire and Rescue Department's operations centre said the deceased was a 28-year-old man who died at the scene after being pinned behind the front passenger seat. "The fire department received an emergency call at 4.16am, and a team rushed to the scene of the incident and found that a Proton Saga car had skidded and crashed into a backhoe. There were four people in the car.
"Two men sustained minor injuries, and a woman suffered serious injuries and was rushed to hospital, while another man who was seated behind the front passenger seat was pinned and confirmed dead at the scene by the Ministry of Health's medical team," he said in a statement on Sunday . The victim’s body was extricated by the firemen using special equipment within 15 minutes before being sent to Penang Hospital for a post-mortem. - Bernama
George Town Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway Penang Fire And Rescue Proton Saga Backhoe Crash Fatal Accident Injured
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