BUKIT MERTAJAM: Police have arrested the driver of a trailer whose container fell and crushed a woman to death at a Jalan Bukit Tengah intersection here on Wednesday (Nov 13).
Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief ACP Helmi Aris said the 51-year-old driver was detained for further investigations under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
"Preliminary screening of urine and alcohol proved negative but an application for remand against him will be made at the Bukit Mertajam Magistrate Court here on Thursday.
"The police request anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward and provide information and evidence to assist the investigation by contacting investigating officer Insp Mohd Shahid Othman at 0172670543 or contact any nearby police station," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
The deceased died while driving to work while a man was seriously injured in separate vehicles after the trailer lost control resulting in the container falling and causing damage to theirs and five other vehicles.
The 21-year-old victim Lee Zi Rou was driving a Perodua Bezza while Tan Chou Theng, 25, who was seriously injured, drove a Honda Jazz.
Commenting further, Helmi said the accident, which occurred at 9.30am, is believed to have occurred when five cars and a lorry from Jalan Kebun Sirih had stopped at the traffic light junction of Jalan Bukit Tengah when suddenly a trailer from Jalan Bukit Tengah made a left turn.
He said the trailer entered Jalan Kebun Sireh but lost control and the container load carried by the vehicle fell and crushed two vehicles that had stopped at the traffic light.
"As a result of being crushed by the container load, the impact forced the two cars to move backwards and collide with three other cars and a lorry," he said. - Bernama
