KOTA BARU: Three people were killed and three others seriously injured after their motorcycles were involved in a seven-vehicle pile-up at KM9.9 of the Ketereh-Kota Baru Highway here.

       Kota Baru police chief ACP Mohd Rosdi Daud said the victims, aged between 19 and 21, were in a convoy of six motorcycles travelling from Ketereh towards Kota Baru when the accident happened at 12.50am yesterday.

       He said the motorcyclists were believed to be travelling at high speed and the area was not lit.

       “During the accident, two motorcycles at the front collided and crashed, causing the four motorcycles behind to crash into them.

       “One of the motorcyclists also rammed the back of a car which stopped on the left of the Kota Baru-bound emergency lane. There was no street lighting on that straight stretch,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported.

       ACP Mohd Rosdi said three of the victims died on the spot while the three wounded were admitted to Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II here and were in critical condition.