Accident involving trailer ferrying concrete piles causes jam on North-South Expressway


IPOH: An accident involving a concrete pile trailer was reported near Tapah, heading towards Gopeng on the North-South Expressway, at around 1pm Saturday (Jan 29).

According to an @LLMTrafik tweet, the northbound right lane and middle lane as well as the southbound right lane were closed for accident diversion work.

Traffic jams were also reported in both directions.

The highway authority also advised the public to drive carefully and use alternate routes if possible.

Earlier, an accident was reported at the KM 302.4 northbound from Tapah to Gopeng route.

Traffic congestion was reported 40 km north from Bidor to Gopeng and 11 km south from Simpang Pulai to Tapah.

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