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S'pore PR, 44, dies in accident along M'sia expressway during road trip with husband & 2 sons
Her husband and 2 sons were injured.
A 44-year-old Singapore permanent resident died in an accident along Malaysia's North-South Expressway in the early hours of Thursday, Oct. 31.
The woman, Chang Lee Won, was killed instantly.
She was travelling with her husband, a Singaporean, as well as their two sons aged 16 and 19 over the Deepavali holidays.
Believed to have been going to KL
Shin Min Daily News reported that the family were believed to have been travelling to Chang's hometown in Kuala Lumpur when the accident happened at about 5am.
They were travelling in a Hyundai Starex.
The husband and 16-year-old son were slightly injured, while the 19-year-old son and Malaysian driver were seriously injured.
The Malaysian driver and Bangladeshi passenger in the other vehicle, a Toyota Unser, were slightly injured.
Rescue personnel in Yong Peng were alerted to the incident at 5:04am and the operation took about one-and-a-half hours.
According to Shin Min, a neighbour of the family said the younger son is in Secondary 4, while the older son had just enlisted into national service.
The neighbour added that the family would occasionally visit relatives in Malaysia during long holidays.
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