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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzzlie" data-source="post: 17972" data-attributes="member: 16673"><p>Sunday October 18, 2009 Three killed as car skids to avoid hitting catKOTA BARU: Three people, including an American, were burnt to death when the car they were travelling in skidded and burst into flames at Km 2 of Jalan Kota Baru-Kuala Krai, Bunut Payung, here early Sunday.The victims were identified as Tengku Shamsu Tuan Ibrahim, 25, of Tanah Merah; Diana, 22, of Ketereh, and American citizen Gonzalez Christopher, 30, an oil rig worker in Terengganu.Car driver Tengku Ahmad Nazim Tengku Azizan, 30, suffered burns on his legs, arms and body in the 4.30am incident and is being treated at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital here.When met at the hospital, Tengku Ahmad Nizam said they were on their way from Pasir Mas to Kota Baru after stopping by at an eatery in Jalan Pasir Mas-Salor at about 4am.He said upon reaching the Bunut Payung bridge, he lost control of the car when he tried to avoid hitting a cat which was running across the road.“I passed out soon after,” he said.Kota Darulnaim Fire and Rescue Department operations chief Ghani Mamat said the department received a call at 5.15am and dispatched two fire engines and 12 firemen to the scene.Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a 42-year-old man was killed when the motorcycle he was riding rammed into a bus at the Wakaf Siku junctions about 11am on Sunday.-Bernama</p></blockquote><p></p>