BUTTERWORTH: The 43-year-old man who drove his car against the flow of traffic on April 14 has died due to injuries sustained in the accident.
North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the man passed away at the Seberang Jaya Hospital on Thursday (April 22) around 12.30am.
He added that the driver of the other car involved in the accident is still receiving treatment, while his three-year-old daughter has since been discharged. It is learnt that the 31-year-old wife of the driver succumbed to multiple organ damage on Saturday (April 17).
ACP Noorzainy said the post-mortem carried out at the hospital s forensic unit showed that the man died due to injuries and organ failure sustained in the accident.
BUTTERWORTH: The 43-year-old man who drove his car against the flow of traffic before grazing an oncoming motorcycle and colliding with an oncoming car is still in a coma.
North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the man was in a coma and they were currently awaiting his blood test results. The passengers in the other car are okay, he said Friday (April 16).
Earlier, it was reported that the accident on Wednesday (April 14) saw four people, including a family of three, rushed to the Seberang Jaya Hospital here with serious injuries following the accident involving three vehicles.
After a year of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, there does not seem to be an end in sight with many countries continuing to impose lockdowns, albeit of differing severity. In Malaysia, the third wave of the outbreak and the subsequent Movement Control Order (MCO) 2.0 have added to the uncertainties in the country’s economic outlook.
However, amid the current turmoil, there is some good news for Penang. In presenting the 4Q2020 Penang Housing Property Monitor, Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners Sdn Bhd senior partner Michael Geh says data from the National Property Information Centre (Napic) shows that the state’s property market saw a major spike in terms of transaction volume in 3Q2020, and he expects this trend to have continued into 4Q2020.
GEORGE TOWN (Jan 6): The Penang Government is currently in discussion with concession company, Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC) to sign a sub-agreement for Package 2 of the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP).
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the sub-agreement would contain several matters including the construction, design and land swap details for highway construction. The State government is in discussion with CZC to sign a sub-agreement for Package 2 which involves the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway-Air Itam,” he told a press conference here today.
Chow was commenting on a news report that said the tunnel project had been given a new lease of life with a Kedah-based developer taking over the project through the purchase of a majority share in CZC.