KLUANG (ANN/THE STAR) – Five people, including a two-year-old, were killed in an accident involving a trailer and three cars at KM58.1 of the North-South Expressway here.
Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said the accident happened when the front-right tyre of the lorry burst at about 11.30pm on Thursday (March 27).
“The lorry lost control and brushed against a car before veering into the opposite lane and crashing into the other two cars. One of the cars caught fire, but all its passengers were pulled out before the vehicle was engulfed in flames,” he said.
He said the driver and passenger in the other car were killed at the scene.
“A two-year-old girl who was in one of the cars was also killed at the scene while her parents died on the way to the hospital. The toddler’s three other siblings, who are between four and nine years old, suffered from serious injuries and have been hospitalised,” he said, adding that the 35-year-old lorry driver suffered from leg and hip injuries.
ACP Bahrin said the trailer’s driver tested negative for drugs and has no prior criminal record.
“Police have arrested him for further investigation,” he said, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
