Myvi driver remanded after allegedly causing child to be flung out of car on PLUS expressway

REMBAU (Bernama): The driver of a Perodua Myvi car in a viral video showing a two-year-old boy who was thrown out of a car and landed in the fast lane of the south-bound PLUS North-South Expressway is in remand for three days from Wednesday (Feb 12) to facilitate investigations.

Negeri Sembilan Traffic Investigation and Enforcement deputy head DSP Shaifulizan Sulaiman said the remand against the 20-year-old man was issued by Magistrate Tan Chai Wei.

The man, clad in T-shirt and black shorts, arrived at the court accompanied by a few policemen. He would be in remand until Feb 14.

He was arrested in Batu Berendam, Melaka, at about 4.50 pm Tuesday (Feb 11).

Yesterday, a 59-second video recording of the incident via a dashboard camera went viral on social media.

The incident took place about 3.20pm at KM235.5 of th highway near Senawang.

The boy was travelling with his family in a car when he was thrown out of the vehicle after the driver lost control of the wheel while trying to avoid colliding with another car that was being driven in a dangerous manner.

Meanwhile, Negeri Sembilan Women Affairs, Family and Welfare Action Committee chairman Nicole Tan Lee Koon, who visited the boy at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital in Seremban Wednesday, said the boy sustained slight external injuries and was reported in stable condition.

The X-Ray conducted on him showed there was no internal injury, she told reporters, adding that the state government would provide financial contributions and a child restraint seat (CSR) for his family.

"The incident clearly shows the importance of using a child seat... it is also hoped that with this incident, the public will comply with the regulations on the use of CSR for children, ” she added.

Meanwhile, the boy’s father, K. Satthiaseelan, 33, said he was driving on the right lane of the expressway when, through his rear-view mirror, he saw a Honda Jazz flashing its high beam, with a Perodua Myvi trailing closely behind it.

"When I wanted to give way, a Perodua Myvi suddenly came from the left lane and cut across to the right lane, hitting the left rear side of my car in doing so, and the impact caused me to ram into the divider.

"It was then that I saw my son flying through the front passenger seat window. I immediately stopped the car in the middle of the road and searched for him in the car, but could not find him. I only saw him in the middle of the road later and quickly went to him, ” he added.

Satthiaseelan, a furniture factory worker who resides in Taman Cempaka, Rantau, thanked all quarters for their assistance in the incident, especially the lorry driver, who stopped his vehicle and then went to resdcue his son, Tisshaaanth. - Bernama