SEREMBAN: An elderly couple died after the car they were travelling in skidded into a drain at KM242 of the southbound North-South Expressway (PLUS) Saturday afternoon.
Rembau police chief Superintendent Ngiam Ooi Ming said the 75-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, while his 70-year-old wife died while receiving treatment at Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital at 8pm.
"Preliminary investigations found that the Proton Saga carrying the couple was driven by a 20-year-old man, with another passenger, a 21-year-old woman. They were travelling from Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, to Port Dickson.
"On reaching the scene, a group of motorcyclists riding in convoy are believed to have overtaken and suddenly moved into the car's path, causing it to lose control and skid into a drain on the left side of the highway," he said in a statement tonight.
