Two women were killed in a five-vehicle crash at Bandar Permaisuri in Terengganu on October 11. The victims were travelling in a Proton Waja that skidded and veered into the opposite lane. Once it crossed into oncoming traffic, the car ploughed into a trailer and the impact left the two occupants with fatal injuries. Altogether five vehicles were caught up in the collision. Crashes where a car crosses the centre line tend to be especially deadly because closing speeds leave drivers almost no time to react. Investigators will want to establish why the Proton Waja skidded in the first place, whether through road conditions, mechanical trouble or driver error. Fatal multi-vehicle accidents of this kind usually tie up a route for hours while wreckage is cleared and police document the scene. The two deaths add to the year's road toll, a familiar pattern on stretches where fast traffic and heavy vehicles share the same lanes.