Teen drives against traffic, one dead


BUTTERWORTH: A 19-year-old part-time model, who was allegedly high on drugs, drove against traffic on the North-South Expressway here and crashed her car, killing one motorist and damaging five vehicles.

In the early morning incident yesterday, the teenager drove her vehicle against traffic at the 134th kilometre of the three-lane express- way and first collided with a car, killing its driver Mohamad Fandi Rosli, 26, at 7.50am.

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