BERA: A school headmaster was killed when the car he was driving skidded off the road and caught fire on Jalan Guai, near Kampung Guai, yesterday.
District police chief Superintendent Zulkiflee Nazir said the crash occurred at about 6.30pm as the victim, Mohd Sabri Bakar, 59, was on his way to his brother’s house, located not far from the accident site.
“Initial investigations showed that the victim lost control of his Proton Preve, which veered onto the road shoulder and caught fire,” he said in a statement.
Zulkiflee said the car was about 80 per cent destroyed by the fire.
“Members of the public managed to pull the victim out of the vehicle just before it was engulfed in flames. However, he died at the scene,” he added.
Five firefighters from the Bukit Angin Fire and Rescue Station in Temerloh were dispatched to the location after receiving an alert about the vehicle fire.
It took them about 30 minutes to put out the blaze.
The victim’s body has been sent to Bera Hospital for a post-mortem.
The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless driving causing death.
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