FRU truck crash: 6 personnel still in hospital, one discharged

Six more Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) members involved in the road crash near Teluk Intan last Tuesday are still undergoing treatment, while another was discharged yesterday.

Perak health director Feisul Idzwan Mustapha said that of the six, five of them are being treated at Teluk Intan Hospital (HTI) and the other at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB), Ipoh.

“Of the five patients receiving treatment at HTI, four of them are in the intensive care unit while the other is in the surgical ward, and his condition is improving and may be discharged soon,” he said when met by reporters at HTI today.

Earlier, Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah met the family members of the FRU personnel at the hospital.

On the condition of the FRU personnel in the ICU of HRPB, Feisul said he is beginning to regain consciousness and is showing good progress, despite suffering serious injuries.

He said that for patients at HTI, those in the ICU are showing good progress, with one of them requiring close observation.

In the incident at 8.50am last Tuesday, nine FRU members were killed, while nine others were injured after the truck they were in was involved in an accident with a gravel-laden lorry on Jalan Chikus-Sungai Lampam, Teluk Intan.

They were on the way back to the base in Sungai Senam.

- Bernama

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