Woman dies after suspected heart attack while driving, crashes into parked motorcycles

A 1.52-minute video went viral on social media showing a car crashing into two motorcycles outside a restaurant.

14 Aug 2026 07:28am
A woman died after she was believed to have suffered a heart attack while driving a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) this afternoon, before crashing into two motorcycles parked by the roadside along Jalan Macalister here.
A woman died after she was believed to have suffered a heart attack while driving a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) this afternoon, before crashing into two motorcycles parked by the roadside along Jalan Macalister here.

GEORGE TOWN - A woman died after she was believed to have suffered a heart attack while driving a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) this afternoon, before crashing into two motorcycles parked by the roadside along Jalan Macalister here.

Northeast district police chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said the 36-year-old woman died while receiving treatment at Penang Hospital.

"The accident only involved the MPV driver, while the two motorcycles seen in the viral video were unoccupied and parked by the roadside outside a restaurant.

"A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death,” he said in a statement last night.

Earlier, a 1.52-minute video went viral on social media showing a car crashing into two motorcycles outside a restaurant, in an incident believed to have occurred at about 2pm on Thursday. - BERNAMA

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