Policeman manning roadblock narrowly escapes out-of-control vehicle in Penang

Constable R. Sritheran, 43, showing how close the car came to hitting him as he was manning a roadblock along the Lim Chong Eu Expressway on July 6, 2019.

GEORGE TOWN: A policeman manning a roadblock to catch drunk drivers on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway narrowly escaped being rammed by a car driven by a man under the influence of alcohol.

In the 1.50am incident on Saturday (July 6), the policeman was manning a roadblock when a vehicle driven by a 27-year-old rammed another vehicle and headed straight towards him.