IPOH: The husband of Nur Aimi Nadiah Abdul Rahim today said he will wait for the right time to tell his wife that all three of their children had died in yesterday's accident.
Muhammad Alhafiz Mohamad, 29, said for now, his focus is on ensuring that his wife's recovery from the injuries sustained in the crash.
"I will not tell her about this (yet). It is not the right time. I know she will eventually learn about the children, but now is not the time," he said.
Muhammad Alhafiz, who works as a technician in Melaka, said this when met at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital's (HRPB) Forensic Unit here, today.
Asked if he plans to transfer his wife to Melaka Hospital, he said he would wait for his wife's condition to improve first before getting advice from the doctors on the matter.
It was previously reported that Nur Aimi, who suffered severe injuries in a road accident at KM272.5 of the North-South Expressway near Gunung Lang yesterday, has yet to be informed of her children's death in the accident.
Nur Aimi, who was driving the car, had hit the back of a lorry that had stopped along the stretch following an earlier accident.
All the three children – Muhammad Adam Hakimi Muhammad Alhafiz, 7; Muhammad Lutfi Hakim, 3; and Muhammad Affan Hafiy, 1, were killed on the spot.
Her brother, Muhd Jazli Aiman, 31, said his sister has yet to regain consciousness and was transferred to the HRPB's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) early today.
He said in the the 2.45pm incident, his sister and nephews were on their way to Penang from Melaka.
"My sister works as a clerk at a private company in Penang. She was on her way to return home to Penang, from our hometown in Kampung Sungai Putat in Batu Berendam, Melaka.
"I cannot visit my sister yet, but according to the doctor, she is in stable condition but still unconscious.
"The bodies of all my three nephews will be buried at Kampung Sungai Putat tonight," he said when met at the HRPB's Forensic Unit here.
District deputy police chief Superintendent Mohamad Nordin Abdullah yesterday said the accident involved Nur Aimi's Perodua Axia, a trailer lorry laden with electronic items, and a lorry laden with palm fruit.
"Initial investigations showed that a lorry carrying electronic items had earlier rammed into the other lorry on the left lane of the expressway.
"This prompted the two drivers to stop on the emergency lane. A Plus expressway patrol unit was also dispatched to the scene to control traffic," he said.
Nur Aimi, who was coming from the same direction, had lost control of her car, causing it to spin before crashing into the back of one of the lorries.
