IPOH: A senior officer with the Perak Fire and Rescue Department and his wife were seriously injured in a road accident where the car he was driving hit the back of a garbage truck in Taman Chepor Impian here Sunday (April 17).

       The officer, Taufik Asyarun Zainuddin, in his 30s, is with the department’s Fire Safety Division.

       He suffered leg injuries while his wife had serious head injuries in the crash. The couple's two sons were also injured in the crash.

       A spokesman from the department said the Meru Raya Fire and Rescue station received a call on the accident at 1.33pm Sunday.

       "The car driven by Taufik had hit the back of a garbage truck parked by the roadside.

       "The firemen removed the victims from the car and then handed them over to healthcare workers to be taken to hospital,” he added. - Bernama