SUNGAI PETANI, Dec 23 — A cook who worked at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) was burnt to death when his car burst into flames after colliding with a plywood-laden trailer at Jalan Sungai Petani-Bedong, near a petrol station in Sungai Lalang, at 7.45pm last night.

The victim, Mohd Shamshuri Osman, 35, was said to be on his way home.

In the incident, Mohd Shamshuri’s Proton Saga BLM car was believed to have skidded into the opposite direction before colliding with the lorry’s petrol tank.

The remains of Mohd Shamshuri who hails from Kampung Haji Ali, Bedong, was later sent to the HSAH for post-mortem. — Bernama