GEORGE TOWN, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Two men were killed and a teenage girl was injured in an accident involving three motorcycles on Jalan Burma here today.
Timur Laut police chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the crash, at about noon, was believed to have occurred when a motorcycle ridden by a 71-year-old man who was on his way home suddenly changed lanes from the left to the right side of the junction at Lengkok Burma.
“Two other motorcyclists travelling in the middle lane failed to avoid the elderly motorcyclist and hit him. As a result of the collision, the elderly motorcyclist died at the scene, while the second motorcyclist, a 41-year-old man, died while receiving treatment at the Penang Hospital (HPP) at 1.15 pm," he said in a statement today.
He said the third, a 19-year-old woman, suffered minor injuries to her right leg.
Abdul Rozak said the post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death for both victims was head injuries, and the case was being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987.
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