A 36-year-old factory manager narrowly escaped death when his car burst into flames following a crash along KM199.7 of the North-South Expressway near Ayer Keroh Toll Plaza.
Tan Hong Ta from Johor Baru was relieved that no one was hurt during the incident, after a tanker lorry collided with the rear of his car in the 2.40pm accident on Wednesday (Jan 8) before it caught fire.
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Tan Hong Ta from Johor Baru was relieved that no one was hurt during the incident, after a tanker lorry collided with the rear of his car in the 2.40pm accident on Wednesday (Jan 8) before it caught fire.
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00:00A 36-year-old factory manager narrowly escaped death when his car burst into flames following
00:06a crash along kilometre 199.7 of the North-South Expressway near Ayer Kerotol Plaza.
00:14Tan Hong Ta from Johor Bahru was relieved that no one was hurt during the incident.
00:19After a tanker lorry collided with the rear of his car in the 2.40pm accident on Wednesday
00:24before it caught fire.
00:26He had to pull over due to a punctured front tyre while travelling to a business meeting
00:30in Kuala Lumpur.
00:31When the time I saw the towing guy reach here, he managed to break down and stop.
00:38But then the second trailer, he also managed to stop, but the third one doesn't manage
00:43to stop at all, so it just crashed.
00:46So once it crashed, suddenly I see fire, so I just ran out of the way here.
00:51Malacca Fire and Rescue Department Senior Fire Officer Mohamed Sani Sahari said both
00:57the luxury car and the tanker were completely destroyed in the blaze.
01:01While one trailer truck driver escaped without injury, the other suffered severe burns, covering
01:0740% of his body, and was rushed to Malacca Hospital.
01:11The accident was the second mishap that happened in the state on Wednesday.
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