Pedestrian killed after being run over by lorry on Bukit Jalil Highway


PETALING JAYA: A pedestrian was killed after he was run over by a lorry on the Bukit Jalil Highway.

When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said that the incident occured along the Bukit Jalil Highway, heading towards IOi Puchong.

He added that Fire and Rescue Department personnel, responding to a distress call, arrived at the scene at 9.08am.

"The pedestrian, who was in his 50s. was found beneath the tyre of a lorry. Work to extract the body was conducted and his death was confirmed by Health Ministry officials," he said.

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