Two dead, five injured in midnight crash near Glenmarie

Two 20-year-old men died and five other people were injured in a two-vehicle collision at Kilometre 18.2 on the Kuala Lumpur-bound route early Monday. The crash happened near Glenmarie Industrial Park, according to the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department.

Ashrul Riezal Asbar, the department's assistant director of operations, said a distress call about the incident was received at 12.27am. Fourteen personnel from the Subang Jaya and Bukit Jelutong fire stations were sent to the location. Fire engines reached the scene at 12.44am, and the operation was brought under control at 1.05am, he said in a statement on Monday.

The collision involved an unidentifiable Proton Wira Aeroback and a Proton Exora multi-purpose vehicle. The Wira was carrying four young men; two occupants aged 20 were pronounced dead at the scene, while the two remaining passengers, both 19, sustained minor injuries.

The Exora was occupied by three people — a 29-year-old woman, a 27-year-old man and a 28-year-old man — all of whom suffered minor injuries. The victims were handed over to the Ministry of Health Malaysia and the Royal Malaysia Police for further action.

The rescue effort involved one Fire Rescue Tender from the Subang Jaya station, plus another Fire Rescue Tender and an Emergency Medical Rescue Services vehicle from the Bukit Jelutong station.