Cops nab trailer driver after five burnt to death in NSE crash


IPOH: Police have arrested the driver of a trailer laden with metal fences to assist in the investigation into an accident involving a car and another trailer that left five victims burnt to death at KM245.2 of the North-South Expressway (NSE), northbound near Kuala Kangsar, early Thursday (May 12) morning.

Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said they received information about the accident at about 1.45am and the 28-year-old man was detained to assist in further investigations under Section 41 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

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