Send last photo of child three hours before fatal accident
KOTA BHARU, Malaysia — Mohamad Sanuzi Mohd Nawi, 33, received a photograph of his three‑year‑old daughter Safiyya Haura about three hours before she was killed in a multi‑vehicle crash on Sunday, the father said on…
Source: Sinar Harian · October 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM · AI-assisted report
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KUALA LUMPUR, 6 OCTOBER 2026 —
KOTA BHARU, Malaysia — Mohamad Sanuzi Mohd Nawi, 33, received a photograph of his three‑year‑old daughter Safiyya Haura about three hours before she was killed in a multi‑vehicle crash on Sunday, the father said on Monday.
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The picture, sent by his former wife, Tuan Shazrin Tuan Mud, 40, was the last communication the family had before the accident, and the father waited nearly ten hours for news of her return from Perak to Kelantan, he added.
The collision occurred at 12.50 p.m. on Sunday at kilometre 38.5 of the Jalan Raya Timur‑Barat (JRTB) Gerik‑Jeli, Perak, involving a Proton Pesona, a Perodua Axia and a lorry. All four occupants of the Perodua Axia – Tuan Shazrin, Safiyya Haura, and Shazrin’s two friends Al Zubair Deraman, 31, and Mohamad Hafiz Daniel Nik Hairey, 19 – were killed.
Two other people were in the lorry. The driver’s eldest son, Mohamad Shiraz Hammani Abdul Fattah, 9, suffered severe injuries, including broken femur and arm and head bleeding, and remains in critical condition. The step‑son of Mohamad Sanuzi, also a passenger, survived without reported injuries.
Mohamad Sanuzi said the reunion had been long‑awaited after a year of limited contact, as his former wife had moved to Tanjung Piandang, Perak, and transport difficulties had kept the family apart. “We always video‑call and message. I also send alimony for the child. The child just learned to call me ‘Papa’. When we video‑call, she can speak a little,” he told reporters in Kampung Telaga Bata.
He recounted that after sending the photo at about 10 a.m., he asked via WhatsApp at 8 p.m. whether the family had arrived, but the message was not read. “Suddenly I received a hospital call. I was told they had an accident and my former wife and our daughter had died. I was stunned and didn’t know how to feel,” he said.
The crash adds to a series of recent fatal collisions in Gerik, where four deaths were confirmed earlier this week, according to police reports. Authorities have completed the forensic investigation into the four victims, the ministry said, while the condition of the surviving child, Mohamad Shiraz, remains critical.