Faulty air-cond unit may have caused family in Bentong car crash to black out


BENTONG: A malfunctioning air-conditioning unit is believed to have caused a family of four to lose consciousness and end up in a car crash near the toll plaza here on Monday (April 24).

According to Bentong OCPD Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar, the family was travelling from Tok Bali to Balakong when they blacked out and the car hit the toll plaza barrier.

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"The victims were brought out of the vehicle and given first aid before they were handed over to medical personnel," he said when contacted on Tuesday (April 25).

The eldest son, identified as Syafiq Mok, wrote on Facebook that his family was safe and had regained consciousness.

He also said it was believed that the car's air-conditioning unit was the cause.

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