Kota Tinggi district police chief Hussin Zamora said the driver and two passengers of a Perodua Bezza were killed.

The three have been identified as Iqbal Faiz Mat Sah, 20; Nurul Afrahrina Sazli, 19; and Nurina Izzatie Kamarul Azman, 19.

Another passenger, Izznur Harith, 19, was seriously injured.

Hussin said the accident happened when the four were travelling in a Perodua Bezza from Desaru to Senai and collided with two other cars while attempting to overtake another vehicle.

Bandar Penawar fire and rescue station operations commander Izwani Abd Hamid said said another man and three women, aged 11 to 51, in an MPV suffered minor injuries while the 50-year-old driver of another car escaped unhurt.

Yesterday, a couple and four of their five children were killed in an accident involving a trailer lorry and two cars at Jalan Segamat-Kuantan, near Taman Yayasan, Segamat.