Three killed while changing tyre as lorry ploughs into them


Two victims have been identified as Mitsubishi Triton driver Leong Chee Keong, 49, from Kajang, and Bangladeshi national Md Monirul Islam.

KUALA LANGAT: Three men were killed while changing a tyre on KM 21.9 of ELITE Highway's northbound carriageway when an out-of-control lorry ploughed into them.

OCPD Supt Zailan Tasir said two victims have been identified as Mitsubishi Triton driver Leong Chee Keong, 49, from Kajang, and Bangladeshi national Md Monirul Islam.

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