KUALA LUMPUR: The death toll in the Genting Highlands accident involving a van increased to seven after another victim, who was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment, succumbed to his injuries.
increased to seven after another victim, who was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment, succumbed to his injuries.
Pahang police chief Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the seven who died have been identified as Wong Choun Chiet , 49; Foong Ah Lan, 67; Lee Moy, 67 ; Goh Siew Kim, 61; Ang Meng Hing, 62; Seow Mee Tin, 72: and Chang Them Kong, 70. “Due to the impact, the van driver and five others died at the scene while another died while receiving treatment at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital,” he said in a statement.
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