Failed brakes crash lorry into four cars, two bikes in Batu Pahat

PETALING JAYA: A lorry’s brake failure may have caused it to crash into four cars and two motorcycles at a traffic light intersection in Sri Medan in Batu Pahat, Johor on Sunday (Oct 13).

Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said initial investigations found that the incident occurred at 3.47pm when the lorry, driven by a 46-year-old local man, was travelling from Parit Sulong towards Johor Bahru.