KUANTAN: Three people including a teenager died in an accident involving two vehicles at KM98.5 of Jalan Kuantan-Segamat in Rompin.

       State Traffic Investigations and Enforcement Department chief Supt Kamarulzaman Jusoh said the three victims died on the spot in the 4.26am incident yesterday.

       He said one of the victims was identified as Rizal Awing, 18, an Orang Asli from Kampung Kachong in Muadzam Shah.

       Two others, believed to be Orang Asli men, have yet to be identified.

       Supt Kamarulzaman said the incident was believed to have occurred when Rizal, who was at the wheel of one car, lost control of the vehicle which veered into the opposite lane and crashed into an oncoming car.

       He said the three victims in the first car suffered severe head injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.

       “The 31-year-old driver and the 37-year-old passenger of the other car, which was heading to Terengganu from Negri Sembilan, suffered minor injuries,” Bernama reported, he said.

       The three bodies have been taken to Hospital Muadzam Shah for a post-mortem.

       Police are investigating the case under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act.