The five family members who were killed in a horrific collision in Segamat were buried yesterday.
A married couple and their three children perished when the Perodua Viva they were travelling in collided head-on with an express bus along Km 176 of Jalan Segamat-Labis at about 6pm on Dec 12 just after a heavy thunderstorm.
The deceased were identified as Muhamad Abu Dujanah Dzulkrinain, 30; his wife, Zinnirah Abdul Hamid, 28; as well as their three children, Nur Maghfirah, 6; Muhammad Abu Ajwad, 4; and three-month-old Nur Alia Humairah.
Segamat police chief Superintendent Raub Selamat said investigations revealed that the driver of the family’s Perodua Viva lost control of the car, sending it to the opposite lane. The car then collided with the bus, which was headed from Johor Baru to Segamat.
The deceased all suffered serious head and body injuries.
The couple, their son and six-year-old daughter died at the scene, while the infant died at 9.25pm while receiving treatment at the Segamat Hospital.
Raub said 14 people from the express bus, including the driver, were unhurt.
The bodies of Abu Dujanah and his family were laid to rest in one grave at the Muslim cemetery in Kampung Haji Manan, Kluang, at 2.35pm.
Meanwhile, the sole survivor, the couple’s three-year-old daughter Nur Ghaziyah Athirah, has been transferred from the Segamat Hospital to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) in Johor Bahru.
Speaking to reporters at the funeral of the five family members killed in the crash, the father of Abu Dujanah said Nur Ghaziyah was in critical condition.
“We will go to see her after the funeral. According to the doctor, it all depends on her will to live.
“The doctor said she has brain haemorrhage, fractured her leg and hip, has internal bleeding and requires surgery,” Dzulkrinain Yusoh said of his granddaughter.
He revealed that his son had gone to pick up his wife in Muadzam Shah where she had spent her confinement after giving birth to their youngest daughter, Nur Alia.
Dzulkrinain, 55, said Abu Dujanah worked at the family restaurant in Kluang while Zinnirah owned a shop selling clothes, also in Kluang.
He also said that he has discussed with his in-laws and the families have come to an agreement that he and his family will continue to take care of Nur Ghaziyah.
“Let us all pray that my granddaughter would undergo a successful surgery and that she will recover from her injuries,” he said.