KLUANG: The driver of the trailer lorry involved in the three-vehicle accident here claims he had a burst tyre.
Kluang deputy OCPD Supt Nik Mohd Azmi Husin said that during questioning, the 40-year-old driver told police this caused him to lose control of the lorry.
"The incident occurred at approximately 7.40am on Friday (Nov 15) when the lorry driver was travelling from Port Klang to Pasir Gudang.
“According to the statement he gave, the right front tyre suddenly burst, causing him to lose control and veer to the opposite lane,” he said in a statement.
He added that a urine test on the man came back negative for drugs.
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“He has been arrested, and a remand application will be made for further investigation,” he said, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
Supt Nik Mohd Azmi also revealed that the 33-year-old motorcyclist who died in the accident has been identified as Muhammad Adib Adnan, an aerospace engineer from Selangor working in Singapore.
“Meanwhile, a 25-year-old mechanic who was driving the car involved is being treated at the red zone at Hospital Enche Besar Hajjah Khalsom in Kluang.
"He is believed to have two broken legs and chest injuries.
“His 26-year-old wife has internal bleeding in the head and wounds on the forehead, chin, right hand and other minor injuries,” he said, adding that the couple's one-year-old child was not injured.
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It was earlier reported that one man was killed while two others were injured in a three-vehicle accident involving a trailer lorry carrying a container filled with fertiliser.
Photos and videos of the accident made the rounds on social media.
This accident occurred just two days after a similar incident in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, which resulted in the death of a woman and seriously injured a 25-year-old man.
In the incident on Wednesday (Nov 13), the 21-year-old victim died when the car she was driving was crushed by a container that fell off a trailer lorry at the Jalan Bukit Tengah traffic light junction.
