KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 16 -- Two elderly victims died while three others were injured in a crash involving two vehicles near a health clinic in Padang Besar last night.

Padang Besar district police chief assistant commissioner Mohd Shokri Abdullah said the deceased were identified as Eio Siw Kong @ Yeoh Seow Khoon, 75, who was driving a Nissan Sentra, and his passenger Ong Phu Siew, 74.

Both victims were pronounced dead at Hospital Tuanku Fauziah (HTF) in Kangar, according to a report by Sinar Harian.

He said initial investigations found that the Nissan Sentra driver was making a right turn at a T-junction near the clinic when the collision happened at 9.20pm.

"Suddenly, a Proton Waja driven by a 30-year-old man from the direction of Padang...