IPOH: Two lorry drivers were killed in a seven-vehicle pile-up at KM288 northbound of the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Simpang Pulai, which led to about eight hours of traffic congestion.
In the incident at about 7.35am yesterday, Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Hassan said the driver of a trailer, which was transporting 25 metric tonnes of sugar and heading south, lost control of the vehicle before crashing through the divider and ramming into another trailer that was carrying iron coils.
