Five members of a family in Pekan were killed and three others badly injured in an accident between a vehicle and a trailer lorry at Km87 of Jalan Kuantan-Segamat on Thursday. Pekan police deputy chief DSP Amran Sidek said the dead were Roland Wee Seng Hock, who was 56 years old, he was a senior assistant of a secondary school in Muar, Johor, his son Joash Wee, who was 23 years old, two daughters Jasinth Wee, who was18 years old, and Jelyn Wee, who was 16 years old. The other was Seng Hock's mother-in-law Lim Kim Boon, who was 79 years old. Those injured were Seng Hock's wife, Chew Chin Loi, was is 54 years old, and their two other children, Jemima Wee, who is 17 years old, and Josiah Wee, who is 13 years old.
They have been sent to Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan for treatment. The family, who is from Taman Mas Ria, Muar, was believed to have been on the way to Melaka in a Naza Ria MPV after having spent three days of the school holidays visiting a family friend in Kuantan when the accident occurred at 7.45am. The empty trailer lorry was travelling from Segamat to Kuantan, who was slightly injured had been detained. Seng Hock, his mother-in-law and two of his children died on the spot while Jasinth died during treatment at the Muadzam Shah Hospital due to a severe head injury.
This was the second bad accident in almost a fortnight on Jalan Kuantan-Segamat. On June 7, six people were killed in an accident about 10km away from the accident spot.
This is a devastating news about almost a whole family died on a road. It was lucky that three of the family members actually survived but unfortunately the other five died. It must be so hard for all of them to take. It happened so fast, they could not have done anything to stop it. I have actually found a group on Facebook for one of their sons, Joash Wee. Many people have joined the group, including me to actually pay our respects. He had many friends, I could see that but as everyone says, they have gone to a better place so we all should move on, it would be hard, but unfortunately we have to.
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