CHUKAI: A trailer lorry driver involved in a fatal accident at KM290 of the East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2) near the Chukai Toll Plaza interchange has been remanded for three days from Monday (May 4).
Kemaman OCPD Supt Mohd Razi Rosli said police obtained the remand order against the 47-year-old man from Permaisuri, Setiu, from Magistrate Marsha Abdul Malik at the Kemaman Magistrate's Court.
"The suspect, who sustained minor injuries, was discharged from Kemaman Hospital on Sunday (May 3) and was brought to court this morning to obtain the remand order.
"A urine screening test on the suspect returned negative for drugs, and he also has no prior record," he said when contacted.
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Supt Razi said the man is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
In the incident on Saturday (May 2), the trailer lorry driven by the man was travelling from the Jabor toll towards Kuala Besut when it went out of control and collided with a pick-up truck carrying a family of three in the right lane of the highway.
Both vehicles then crashed into the highway divider and veered into the opposite lane, before an SUV failed to avoid the collision and rammed into the pick-up.
The accident killed pick-up driver Rosli Yusuf, 54, on the spot while his two daughters, Iliya Markisa, 23, and Auni Ukhratan Basyirah, 14, sustained head, neck, face and eye injuries.
A passenger in the SUV also sustained minor head and neck injuries. – Bernama
